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Paper cranes made by President Obama will be lent to Nagasaki

The City of Hiroshima will lend some of the paper cranes made by U.S. President Barack Obama, which he presented during his visit to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum on May 27, along with a reproduction of Mr. Obama’s message written in the museum guestbook. These items will be lent to the A-bombed city of Nagasaki for three months later in the year and displayed at the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum.

According to the City of Hiroshima, some of the four paper cranes which were placed by Mr. Obama on the museum guestbook, as well as handed to students, will be lent to Nagasaki. On June 22, Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui called Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue and asked him to make use of the paper cranes to appeal for the abolition of nuclear weapons.

Kazuya Okubo, the head of Nagasaki City’s peace promotion division, said, “Together with the people of Hiroshima, we called for Mr. Obama to visit the A-bombed cities, so I’m grateful for this offer. I’d like to create opportunities for many citizens to see the paper cranes.”

The City of Hiroshima is also considering the idea of displaying the remaining paper cranes at the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Exhibition to be jointly held with the City of Nagasaki in Chicago, Mr. Obama’s hometown, in October.

(Originally published on July 1, 2016)

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