Ballerina Morishita continues to dance for peace

Ballerina Morishita continues to dance for peace

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Ballerina Yoko Morishita gives an interview with Kyodo News on July 13, 2013. One of Japan's leading ballet dancers, she was born in Hiroshima three years after the 1945 atomic bombing on the western Japan city.

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