HIROSHIMA — The Hiroshima prefectural government has decided to demolish two of the three buildings it possesses at the former Imperial Japanese Army’s military supplies factory in Hiroshima and preserve only the exterior of the remaining one, officials said Wednesday. Right after the atomic bombing, the factory was used as a temporary first aid station. Atomic bombing survivors have said that all the buildings should be preserved. The Hiroshima city government registers buildings that convey the suffering caused by the 1945 bombing. “The cruelty of the atomic bombing can only be handed down by keeping [the buildings] the way they are,” said 89-year-old Iwao Nakanishi of Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, who suffered in the attack on the factory.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 05, 2019 02:26 UTC