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#208: Hiroshima and the Legacy of Peace
Asia Rising
English - July 07, 2023 06:40 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsPolitics News asia china japan la trobe university indonesia korea north korea south korea india Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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When atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima in 1945, it led a few months later to the surrender of Japan, effectively ending World War 2. There were up to 150,000 casualties in the atomic blast, and the magnitude of the devastation has changed how the Japanese view war and how Hiroshima sees itself today.
Guest: Associate Professor Luli van der Does (Director of the Center for Peace, Hiroshima University)
Recorded on 19 April, 2023