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Sadako From The Ring Joining Bishoujo Figure Series (Update)

Here’s the official concept art for The Ring Sadako Bishoujo figure. As usual, it is done by Shunya Yamashita. The artist is behind all of the designs for characters in the collection. The art shows ...
Stars and Stripes

Hiroshima atomic bomb victim’s family hopes to add her origami cranes to UNESCO list

TOKYO — The family of a girl who folded paper cranes in hopes of surviving leukemia after the 1945 Hiroshima bombing hopes to add her story to UNESCO’s world memory program. Yuji Sasaki, whose aunt ...
Willamette Week

Japanese American Museum of Oregon Remembers Sadako Sasaki’s Legacy With Art

"Sadako and Paper Cranes: Through Our Eyes" at the Japanese American Museum of Oregon (Courtesy of the Japanese American Museum of Oregon) Sadako Sasaki’s legacy crossed generations and international ...
Seattle Times

From Hiroshima to Seattle, Sadako’s message of peace can’t be silenced

When the lovely bronze statue of young Sadako Sasaki — a figure who represents innocence and hope in a world gone awry — was stolen from Seattle’s Peace Park earlier this summer, it weighed heavily ...
KING5

Statue of girl who survived Hiroshima bombing missing from Seattle park

SEATTLE — The statue of a Hiroshima bombing survivor is missing and believed to be stolen from a Seattle park. The statue of Sadako Sasaki stood in Seattle's Peace Park for decades, until Friday ...