Empress Sadako (1884-1951), posthumously known as Empress Teimei, visited Ise Jingu shrine on Nov. 5, 1922, to pray for the recovery of her husband, Emperor Yoshihito (1879-1926), posthumously ...

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.

One of the most tragic human stories that emerged from the United States' atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945 is that of Sasaki Sadako. She died aged 12 from leukemia ― believed to be linked to ...