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Film Review: Hiroshima, Mon Amour

The subject of much comment and controversy, Hiroshima, Mon Amour is the vintage brainchild of Fr...

Japan Celeste Heiter

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Of Hope and Hiroshima

Review of Kenzaburo Oe's Hiroshima Notes, Grove Press, 1996.

Japan Kenneth Champeon

After the bombing of Hiroshima a father buried his son with his tricycle.

The Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima is an almost eerily quiet place.

Japan MaryLou Driedger

A Japanese pancake artist at work

Japanese Pancakes

There are many good reasons to spend time in Hiroshima. The excellent food is definitely one of t...

Japan MaryLou Driedger

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A personal journey into the atomic bombing of Hiroshima

This personal essay isn't meant as a means to criticize or put down America. Far from it. I love ...

Japan Stefan Chiarantano

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Learning To Love the Bomb All Over Again

The world will never be the same. "A new era has begun." "Today America lost its innocence." "The...

Japan Kenneth Champeon

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