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Peace Boat Hibakusha Project

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki participating in the Peace Boat Orizuru Project pose for photos in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, on June 24, 2014, after returning from a 104-day journey visiting 18 countries to campaign against what they consider the inhumanity of nuclear weapons.

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Sweden arrive in Japan

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Students of Daito Junior Middle School hand a Swedish national flag made of ''orizuru'' (paper-folded crane) to members of the Swedish team on their arrival at Miyazaki airport for their warm-up on May 21.

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Children offer paper cranes to Hiroshima's monument

HIROSHIMA, Japan - School children lay flowers and paper cranes at a memorial monument in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on Aug. 4. Hiroshima marks the 54th anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombing on Aug. 6. Paper cranes, called ''orizuru'' in Japanese, symbolize peace, hope and health.

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Director makes film inspired by Hiroshima "paper crane" girl

Photo taken in June 2015 in Los Angeles shows one of the takes during the shooting of the short film "Orizuru 2015," with Takamaro (R), son of director Miyuki Sohara, playing the leading role. (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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Sweden arrive in Japan

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Students of Daito Junior Middle School hand a Swedish national flag made of ''orizuru'' (paper-folded crane) to members of the Swedish team on their arrival at Miyazaki airport for their warm-up on May 21.

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Peace Boat Hibakusha Project

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki participating in the Peace Boat Orizuru Project pose for photos in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, on June 24, 2014, after returning from a 104-day journey visiting 18 countries to campaign against what they consider the inhumanity of nuclear weapons. (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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Children offer paper cranes to Hiroshima's monument+

HIROSHIMA, Japan - School children lay flowers and paper cranes at a memorial monument in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on Aug. 4. Hiroshima marks the 54th anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombing on Aug. 6. Paper cranes, called ''orizuru'' in Japanese, symbolize peace, hope and health.

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Children offer paper cranes to Hiroshima's monument+

HIROSHIMA, Japan - School children lay flowers and paper cranes at a memorial monument in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on Aug. 4. Hiroshima marks the 54th anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombing on Aug. 6. Paper cranes, called ''orizuru'' in Japanese, symbolize peace, hope and health.