Youth group completes WWII survivors' testimony collection

Members of Peace Pioneers, a peace and antinuclear advocacy group formed by high school students and young adults in the southwestern Japan city of Kochi, show off "No War In Our Life," a collection of testimonies of World War II survivors, in Kochi on July 21, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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