HIROSHIMA—Hiroshima’s municipal board of education has decided to remove from its special teaching materials some parts of a famous manga series depicting the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. But while it ...

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The world changed forever on Aug. 6, 1945. Toward the end of World War II, the US dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima—the first time a nuclear bomb had ever been used in warfare.

Thanks to a new report from Japan, the anime fandom has turned its eye to Hiroshima. The city is drawing headlines right now as its Board of Education chose to ban one of manga’s most important takes ...

The atomic bombing of Hiroshima during World War II is a subject that gets a lot of attention from the city’s board of education. Students in public elementary, middle, and high schools study the ...

With the passing of Nakazawa Keiji in December 2012, Barefoot Gen’s Hiroshima now stands as the manga artist’s last message of peace to the world. Mr. Nakazawa recounts his life, from the aftermath of ...

Hiroshi Sugibayashi recalls his childhood, which he says "was exactly like the story of Barefoot Gen," while holding an illustrated paperboard drawn by hibakusha cartoonist Susumu Nishiyama, in Iizuka ...

HIROSHIMA -- An event to exchange memories of Keiji Nakazawa, the late author of the manga "Barefoot Gen," was recently held here on the 10th anniversary of his death. About 30 people including those ...

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The reissue of this classic manga's first volume has impeccable timing. It recounts the bombing of Hiroshima from the perspective of a young boy, Gen, and his family. But the book's themes (the ...