Summary
- When the US dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, an estimated [200,000 people](https://www.history.com/topic/world-war-two/hiroshima-and-nagasakis- populace) were killed or fatally wounded.
- Decades on, the hibakusha—survivors of the blasts—are still experiencing the after-effects of radiation, while also facing discrimination, [suffering in their relationships](https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2004/08/04/ looting-my-own-body/) and struggling to find work.
- Some hibakusha have even apologised for Japan’s actions during the war.
- Julia Harte spoke to survivors and their descendants to find out how the blasts echoed through the generations.