A. "Origami" paper cranes can be seen throughout the city. They became a symbol of peace because of a 12-year-old bomb survivor, Sadako Sasaki, who, while battling leukemia, folded paper cranes using ...

President Obama made a symbolic gesture at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Friday, leaving two origami cranes behind at a memorial to a 12-year-old victim of the Hiroshima bomb who became famous for ...

HIROSHIMA, Japan – A student from California offered thousands of paper cranes at the Children’s Peace Monument in the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima City in November. Kyreece Imada, 14, who is ...

The stamp features an origami crane — a symbol of global peace — against a bright blue sky. "The peace crane has become a universal symbol. You don't need to speak Japanese to fold one. You don't need ...

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