Sadako was 2 years old when she was exposed to radiation from the Aug. 6, 1945, atomic bombing of Hiroshima. She created origami cranes during her hospital treatment to pray for a recovery before ...

Yuji Sasaki, the third from left, with high school students from Hiroshima Prefectural Akifuchu High School. Behind the group ...

A member of Nihon Hidankyo plans to give metal origami cranes symbolizing peace to dignitaries in Oslo when the leading ...

Over the past two years, Bristol children in playgroups have made 1,000 origami cranes. They have been hung in John Wesley's New Room, to honour Sadako Sasaki, a Japanese girl who died at the age ...

UNLV students have been creative in their approach to honoring the three professors — Patricia Navarro-Velez, Jerry Cha-Jan ...

Origami Sake offers a range of sakes, from traditional “A Thousand Cranes” (have you read the story featuring Sadako Sasaki ...

While Sadako was in hospital fighting cancer caused by the deadly radiation from the bomb, she began making origami cranes believing that if she could make a thousand of them, she would be cured.