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Crown princess watches musical on A-bomb victim

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (R) and her daughter, Princess Kako, visit a theater in Hiroshima on Aug. 10, 2025, to watch "Peace on Your Wings," a musical about Sadako Sasaki, a victim of the August 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima who died at age 12 from leukemia. (Pool photo)

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Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

Photo taken May 17, 2023, shows paper cranes made by Sadako Sasaki, a victim of the August 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, on display at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in the western Japanese city. Sasaki folded hundreds of paper cranes until her death at age 12 from leukemia, after learning of the legend that making 1,000 of them could make a wish come true.

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Sadako's brother in N.Y. to spread paper cranes' message

NEW YORK, United States - Masahiro Sasaki (R), the older brother of Sadako, who died a decade after the atomic bomb was dropped over Hiroshima during World War II, and Lee Ielpi of the Tribute WTC Visitor Center, show a paper crane folded by Sadako.

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Brother of symbolic A-bomb victim speaks in LA

LOS ANGELES, United States - Masahiro Sasaki, an elder brother of Sadako Sasaki who was a model of the Children's Peace Monument in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, speaks in Los Angeles, California, on Aug. 2, 2014. Sadako was an A-bomb victim who died from radiation disease at the age of 12.

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9/11 monument in Fukushima

KORIYAMA, Japan - Visitors including a group of relatives of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on the United States gather around a monument in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 3, 2013. The group donated the monument featuring a large steel replica of a paper crane of atomic bombing victim Sadako Sasaki. The replica was made from a portion of the steel frame of the collapsed World Trade Center in New York.

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9/11 monument in Fukushima

KORIYAMA, Japan - Visitors including a group of relatives of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on the United States pose for photos near a monument in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 3, 2013. The group donated the monument featuring a large steel replica of a paper crane of atomic bombing victim Sadako Sasaki. The replica was made from a portion of the steel frame of the collapsed World Trade Center in New York.

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9/11 monument in Fukushima

KORIYAMA, Japan - Visitors including a group of relatives of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on the United States pose for photos near a monument in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 3, 2013. The group donated the monument featuring a large steel replica of a paper crane of atomic bombing victim Sadako Sasaki. The replica was made from a portion of the steel frame of the collapsed World Trade Center in New York.

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Paper crane folded by A-bomb victim

HONOLULU, United States - Yuji Sasaki (L) hands to a national park authority official in Honolulu on Sept. 22, 2012, a paper crane made by Sadako Sasaki, a Japanese girl who famously battled illness caused by the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima until her death at age 12. The crane will be put on permanent exhibit in about three months' time at the visitor center of a memorial built on the USS Arizona, which sank during Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. Yuji is Sadako's nephew.

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Truman's grandson visits Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Clifton Truman Daniel (L), the eldest grandson of former U.S. President Harry Truman, shakes hands with Masahiro Sasaki, head of the nonprofit peace organization Sadako Legacy and older brother of Sadako Sasaki, at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on Aug. 4, 2012. Sadako died of leukemia at age 12 a decade after the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima ordered by Daniel's grandfather. The 55-year-old former journalist was visiting Japan to attend annual ceremonies in Hiroshima on Aug. 6 and Nagasaki three days later at the invitation of Sadako Legacy.

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Truman's grandson to visit Hiroshima, Nagasaki, moved by Sadako story

CHICAGO, United States - Clifton Daniel, the grandson of former U.S. President Harry Truman, is pictured at his Chicago home discussing his experience holding Sadako Sasaki's last paper crane and how his son's interest in her story prompted him to make his first trip to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Photo taken July 23, 2012.

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'Memories of Sadako'

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo shows ''Memories of Sadako,'' the English version of a Japanese picture book on A-bomb victim Sadako Sasaki of Hiroshima, who died at the age of 12, 10 years after the bombing. The English version published in December 2010 depicts Sadako's life in a hospital as the author Kiyo Okura, who died in 2008, stayed in the same hospital room with Sadako for about three months. It was translated by Okura's acquaintance Keiko Miyamoto and others.

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'Memories of Sadako'

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Keiko Miyamoto, who was involved in the publication of ''Memories of Sadako,'' the English translation of a Japanese picture book on young A-bomb victim Sadako Sasaki in Hiroshima, poses with the book in front of the Children's Peace Monument at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Dec. 27, 2010.

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A-bomb victim Sadako's story narrated in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Japan Society educator Kazuko Minamoto narrates the story of Sadako Sasaki, a young girl who experienced the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945, to children at the Tribute WTC Visitor Center in New York on Aug. 7, 2010, using 1,000 paper cranes.

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Hiroshima children call for peace

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Junior high school students offer paper cranes at the Children's Peace Monument in the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on July 23, 2010, prior to the 65th anniversary of the atomic-bomb attack on Aug. 6. The monument was built in memory of Sadako Sasaki, who was exposed to the bombing at age two and died ten years later with leukemia, and other young victims.

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A-bomb icon Sadako's brother appeals for peace at N.Y. ceremony

NEW YORK, United States - Masahiro Sasaki (L) meets a relative (R) of a victim of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on the United States in New York on May 3, 2010. Sasaki is the older brother of Sadako Sasaki, who died a decade after surviving the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima in August 1945.

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Hiroshima, Nagasaki mayors back Obama's nuclear-free commitment

NEW YORK, United States - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba shows a paper crane, while delivering a speech during a session of the preparatory committee of the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference in New York on May 5, as Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue (back, center) looks on. Akiba told the story of a Hiroshima atomic-bomb survivor Sadako Sasaki, who died at the age of 12 from radiation-caused leukemia after the U.S. nuclear attack in 1945. He said the paper crane in his hand was one that she made hoping for an early recovery.

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Atomic-bomb victim Sadako's brother speaks at alma mater

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Masahiro Sasaki (C) speaks about his younger sister Sadako at the Noboricho primary school in Hiroshima, their alma mater, on July 6 ahead of the 50th anniversary of her death in October. Sadako, who died in 1955 of leukemia 10 years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, was the model for the statue of a child in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park.

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Children vow to promote peace at statue of A-bomb victim

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Children pledge to promote peace at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on July 28 in an annual memorial service for a girl who made 1,000 paper cranes for peace while in hospital following her exposure to radiation from the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945. Sadako Sasaki was 2 years old when the bomb was dropped by the United States and later died at age 12 in hospital. A statue to commemorate her was built in 1958.

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(CORRECTED)Hiroshima, Nagasaki mayors back Obama's nuclear-free

NEW YORK, United States - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba shows a paper crane, while delivering a speech during a session of the preparatory committee of the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference in New York on May 5, as Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue (back, center) looks on. Akiba told the story of a Hiroshima atomic-bomb survivor Sadako Sasaki, who died at the age of 12 from radiation-caused leukemia after the U.S. nuclear attack in 1945. He said the paper crane in his hand was one that she made hoping for an early recovery. (Kyodo)

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Kin of well-known A-bomb victim sets eyes on Obama's paper cranes

Photo taken June 18, 2016, at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum shows Masahiro Sasaki, the 74-year-old brother of Sadako Sasaki, one of the most well-known victims of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, putting his hands together as he gazes at paper cranes handmade by U.S. President Barack Obama during his historic visit to the western Japanese city in May. Sadako Sasaki kept folding paper cranes, believing that her illness would be cured if she folded 1,000 of them, before dying at age 12 from leukemia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Original cranes from Hiroshima donated to Truman Library

Photo shows an original origami crane made by Sadako Sasaki, who died from radiation disease following the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing on Hiroshima at age 12 while striving to make 1,000 such paper cranes. The item was donated on Nov. 19, 2015, to the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri, by Sadako's brother Masahiro. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Original cranes from Hiroshima donated to Truman Library

Masahiro Sasaki meets with reporters on Nov. 19, 2015, after donating original origami cranes made by his sister Sadako, who died from radiation disease following the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing on Hiroshima at age 12 while striving to make 1,000 such paper cranes, to the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Original cranes from Hiroshima donated to Truman Library

Masahiro Sasaki (C) attends a lecture meeting with Clifton Truman Daniel (L), grandson of former U.S. President Harry Truman, in Independence, Missouri, on Nov. 19, 2015. Sasaki donated original origami cranes made by his sister Sadako, who died from radiation disease following the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing on Hiroshima at age 12 while striving to make 1,000 such paper cranes, to the Truman Library there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Paper crane made by Hiroshima A-bomb victim offered to San Paulo

Masahiro Sasaki (C) donates a folded paper crane made by his sister, Sadako, a victim of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima who continued making the cranes until her death at age 12, to the Sao Paulo legislative assembly on Sept. 1, 2015. Junko Watanabe (far L), an executive officer of the Association of Hibakusha-Brazil for Peace, worked for achieving the donation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kin of A-bomb victim tells story tied to Children's Peace Monument in Hiroshima

Masahiro Sasaki shows a paper crane folded by his late sister Sadako while giving a talk on her in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on July 1, 2015. Sadako, who suffered radiation from the 1945 Hiroshima atomic bombing and died of leukemia 10 years later at 12, kept folding paper cranes until her death. She is a model of the Children's Peace Monument in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in the western Japan city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Exhibit introducing young victim of A-bomb at U.S. museum

An exhibit introducing Sadako Sasaki, who died of leukemia at age 12 following her exposure to radiation from the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima when she was 2 years old, is seen at the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History in Albuquerque in the U.S. state of New Mexico on April 23, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Director makes film inspired by Hiroshima "paper crane" girl

Photo taken Nov. 2, 2015 in Los Angeles shows Miyuki Sohara, who produced and directed "Orizuru 2015," a 20-minute film inspired by the life of Sadako Sasaki. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Filmmaking scene of "Orizuru 2015"

Shooting of a short film entitled "Orizuru 2015," directed by Miyuki Sohara, is seen underway in Los Angeles in June 2015. Sohara's 11-year-old son Takamaro (R) plays the main character in the film that is based on the story of Sadako Sasaki, who was exposed to the atomic bombing in Hiroshima at age two. The Children's Peace Monument was erected in the Peace Memorial Park in the western Japanese city to remember her short life and all the children who died from the bombing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Brother of "A-bomb girl" appeals for peace at N.Y. meeting

Masahiro Sasaki (L), an elder brother of Sadako Sasaki who died at 12 due to the aftereffects of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, appeals for peace in his address at a meeting in New York on Nov. 17, 2015. Clifton Truman Daniel (C), grandson of the late U.S. President Harry Truman who approved the A-bomb attack, and Fred Mitchell, an 89-year-old U.S. war veteran who fought in World War II, also joined the meeting. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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San Paulo assembly gets paper crane made by Hiroshima A-bomb victim

A paper crane folded by Sadako Sasaki, a Japanese girl who died at age 12 a decade after being exposed to radiation from the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, is donated to the San Paulo legislative assembly on Sept. 1, 2015, to spread the message of peace while on display along with her portrait. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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San Paulo assembly gets paper crane made by Hiroshima A-bomb victim

Takashi Morita, president of the Peace Association of Atomic Bomb Victims in Brazil, observes a paper crane folded by Sadako Sasaki, a Japanese girl who died at age 12 a decade after being exposed to radiation from the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, following its donation to the San Paulo legislative assembly on Sept. 1, 2015. Displayed along with the "origami" crane is a portrait of Sasaki. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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A-bomb victim Sadako's story narrated in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Japan Society educator Kazuko Minamoto narrates the story of Sadako Sasaki, a young girl who experienced the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945, to children at the Tribute WTC Visitor Center in New York on Aug. 7, 2010, using 1,000 paper cranes. (Kyodo)

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Hiroshima children call for peace

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Junior high school students offer paper cranes at the Children's Peace Monument in the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on July 23, 2010, prior to the 65th anniversary of the atomic-bomb attack on Aug. 6. The monument was built in memory of Sadako Sasaki, who was exposed to the bombing at age two and died ten years later with leukemia, and other young victims. (Kyodo)

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A-bomb icon Sadako's brother appeals for peace at N.Y. ceremony

NEW YORK, United States - Masahiro Sasaki (L) meets a relative (R) of a victim of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on the United States in New York on May 3, 2010. Sasaki is the older brother of Sadako Sasaki, who died a decade after surviving the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima in August 1945. (Kyodo)

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Brother of symbolic A-bomb victim speaks in LA

LOS ANGELES, United States - Masahiro Sasaki, an elder brother of Sadako Sasaki who was a model of the Children's Peace Monument in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, speaks in Los Angeles, California, on Aug. 2, 2014. Sadako was an A-bomb victim who died from radiation disease at the age of 12. (Kyodo)

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'Memories of Sadako'

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Keiko Miyamoto, who was involved in the publication of ''Memories of Sadako,'' the English translation of a Japanese picture book on young A-bomb victim Sadako Sasaki in Hiroshima, poses with the book in front of the Children's Peace Monument at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Dec. 27, 2010. (Kyodo)

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'Memories of Sadako'

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo shows ''Memories of Sadako,'' the English version of a Japanese picture book on A-bomb victim Sadako Sasaki of Hiroshima, who died at the age of 12, 10 years after the bombing. The English version published in December 2010 depicts Sadako's life in a hospital as the author Kiyo Okura, who died in 2008, stayed in the same hospital room with Sadako for about three months. It was translated by Okura's acquaintance Keiko Miyamoto and others. (Kyodo)

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Annual commemorative ceremony held in Hiroshima

A junior high school student offers paper cranes, a symbol of hope in Japan, at the Children's Peace Monument in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in the atomic bombed city of Hiroshima on July 25, 2017, during an annual commemorative ceremony. The monument is modeled after Sadako Sasaki, an A-bomb victim who folded paper cranes until her death at 12. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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9/11 Tribute Museum completes in NY

Photo taken June 13, 2017, shows a paper crane created by Sadako Sasaki, who died at 12 following the 1945 atomic-bombing of the western Japan city of Hiroshima. The paper crane is displayed at the 9/11 Tribute Museum in New York, which hands down stories of the victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, survivors and their families. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe, Obama to visit Pearl Harbor

Photo taken Dec. 15, 2016, at the visitors center of the USS Arizona Memorial in Hawaii shows an "orizuru" paper crane, created by Sadako Sasaki who died at age 12 in 1955, 10 years after being exposed to radiation from the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit there with U.S. President Barack Obama later in the month to remember those who died in the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. It is believed in Japan that one's wish will come true if one folds a thousand cranes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Peace ceremony at Children's Peace Monument

Elementary and junior high school students donate paper cranes at the Children's Peace Monument at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on July 25, 2016. The monument was built in 1958 in memory of Sadako Sasaki, an iconic victim of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing who made paper cranes while in hospital, praying for the city's recovery. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Atomic-bomb victim Sadako's brother speaks at alma mater

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Masahiro Sasaki (C) speaks about his younger sister Sadako at the Noboricho primary school in Hiroshima, their alma mater, on July 6 ahead of the 50th anniversary of her death in October. Sadako, who died in 1955 of leukemia 10 years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, was the model for the statue of a child in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. (Kyodo)

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Children vow to promote peace at statue of A-bomb victim

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Children pledge to promote peace at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on July 28 in an annual memorial service for a girl who made 1,000 paper cranes for peace while in hospital following her exposure to radiation from the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945. Sadako Sasaki was 2 years old when the bomb was dropped by the United States and later died at age 12 in hospital. A statue to commemorate her was built in 1958. (Kyodo)

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Hiroshima city office plans to preserve paper cranes

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The Hiroshima municipal office plans to preserve paper cranes dedicated by schoolchildren to the statue of a child victim of the 1945 atomic bombing of the city. The municipal office announced its fiscal 2000 budget Feb. 14, which included funds for a group to be organized by 17 people to discuss how to keep the paper cranes. The statue, located at the Peace Memorial Park, commemorates Sadako Sasaki, who folded paper cranes in hopes of getting well.