Masahiro remembers the moment vividly ... then aged 10, brought a book titled "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" home from school. The story of human suffering moved he and his son to discuss ...

A descendant of Sadako Sasaki, a victim of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima known for her paper cranes, is spreading a new message of peace with a grandson of the man who approved the nuclear attack.

In hospital, Sadako folded countless cranes with medicine wrapping paper and other materials, believing that her wish for recovery would come true by making 1,000 of them. According to Sasaki ...