Yuji Sasaki, 54, met with Obama for about 20 minutes in Hawaii on Feb. 26. Sadako Sasaki was 2 years old when the city was leveled in the bombing. Her home was about 1.6 kilometers from Ground Zero.

A descendant of Sadako Sasaki, a victim of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima known for her paper cranes, is spreading a new message of peace with a grandson of the man who approved the nuclear attack.

One of the most tragic human stories that emerged from the United States' atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945 is that of Sasaki Sadako. She died aged 12 from leukemia ― believed to be linked to ...