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Sadako: A story from real life has been introduced to overseas countries in the form of children's books.

Part 3 : Special Corners

The Beginning of the Sadako Story

In the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, there is a Statute of the A-Bomb Children. The statue is modeled on the young girl Sadako Sasaki (1943 – 1955). When she was two years old, Sadako was exposed to the radiation of the atomic bomb. She developed leukemia 10 years later and died at the age of 12. Before dying, she folded paper cranes, praying for recovery from her illness. Her story was conveyed in the form of children's books and is well known in Japan. In one overseas country, an author inspired by media reporting about Hiroshima published Sadako's story in the form of a children's book, which was translated in many countries in response to the growing antinuclear and peace movement, becoming widely known throughout the world.

The Sadako Story was introduced to overseas countries not through the translation and publication of a book written by a Japanese author, but through the publication of the books about Sa

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Sadako Sasaki

The native form of this personal name is Sasaki Sadako. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Japanese hibakusha, student, and origami artist

Sadako Sasaki (佐々木禎子, Sasaki Sadako, January 7, 1943 – October 25, 1955) was a Japanese girl who became a victim of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States. She was two years of age when the bombs were dropped and was severely irradiated. She survived for another ten years, becoming one of the most widely known hibakusha—a Japanese term meaning "bomb-affected person". She is remembered through the story of the more than one thousand origami cranes she folded before her death. She died at the age of 12 on October 25, 1955, at the Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital.

Event

Sasaki was at home, about 1.6 kilometres (1 mi) away from ground zero, when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. She was blown out of the window and her mother ran out to find her, suspecting she might be dead, but instead finding her two-year-old daughter alive

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On August 6th, 1945, the world was forever changed when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Among the countless lives affected by this horrific event was that of a young girl named Sadako Sasaki.

Sadako was born in Hiroshima on January 7th, 1943, and was just two years old when the atomic bomb was dropped on her city. Despite the devastation, Sadako and her family miraculously survived the initial blast. However, the aftermath of the bombing would come to shape Sadako’s life in ways she could never have imagined.

In the years following the bombing, Sadako lived a relatively normal life, attending school and playing with her friends. However, when she was eleven years old, Sadako began to experience symptoms of leukemia, a type of cancer caused by exposure to radiation. In the hospital, Sadako’s condition quickly worsened, and she was given only a few months to live.

Despite her dire prognosis, Sadako remained hopeful. She was determined to fight her illness and live a full life. It was during this time that she learned of an old Japanese le