Preservation of A-bomb heritage growing more difficult

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Shinichiro Kirihara, president of a container materials factory in Hiroshima, speaks about his decision to tear down a flat brick building registered with the city office as remains of the atomic bombing. Kirihara is standing in front of a part of the brick wall, retained as a reminder of the bombing, on the premises of the plant on July 10, 2013.

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