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Hiroshima Peace Memorial
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Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic Bomb Dome Barack Obama and Shinzo Abe shake hands in front of floral wreaths. Infographic explaining the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, including a map of Japan, details about the Little Boy bomb, casualty statistics, symptoms of radiation injury, and information on Hiroshima's rebuilding and peace memorials. Key figures show about 140,000 deaths by year's end, symptoms such as hair loss and internal bleeding, and the city's postwar transformation into a peace symbol.

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  • Fuyubi Nakamura
    Fuyubi Nakamura is an anthropologist specializing in the visual and material cultures of Japan. She is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Research School of Humanities at the Australian National University and holds a doctorate from the University of Oxford.

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Article revised. Jul 15, 2023
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