Japanese atomic bomb victim's paper cranes eyed for UNESCO heritage list

Kyodo Visual Story: Japanese atomic bomb victim's paper cranes eyed for UNESCO heritage listSadako Sasaki, a 12-year-old Japanese girl who died from radiation-induced leukemia caused by the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima by the United States, is remembered for making over a thousand origami paper cranes in her hospital bed under the belief it would aid her recovery.Now her older brother Masahiro, 82, and other relatives are preparing to submit her paper cranes, along with other items such as her handwritten notes, to a UNESCO documentary heritage program for registry in 2025 to mark 80 ye…READ FULL ARTICLE