Fading memory, glimmer of hope on 63rd anniv. of atomic bombings

Fading memory, glimmer of hope on 63rd anniv. of atomic bombings

TOKYO, Japan - Jonathan Schell, a journalist and nuclear arms analyst in New York, talks about the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and their implications for the future on July 7. (Kyodo)

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