Remembering Southeast Asians in Hiroshima

Culture Crossroads

10m 00s
Broadcast on November 28, 2022 Available until November 28, 2024

NHK WORLD-JAPAN Indonesian language reporter Aji Rokhadi retraces the stories of Southeast Asian youths who had been sent to study in Hiroshima when the atomic bomb fell. He speaks with a Malaysian-born scholar who does research on the lives of those students, and meets a Japanese former school teacher who continues to honor their memory.

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