This article, illustrated with pictures taken by the newspaper's photographer, Yoshito Matushige, will give readers insight into the experience of the Chugoku Shimbun's staff on the day the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. It features the stories of three staff members, photographer Yoshito Matsushige, journalist Haruo Oshita, and Yasuo Yamamoto, manager of the paper's stenography department. It also describes the Chugoku Shimbun's efforts to document the experience of Hiroshima's citizens, notably through the establishment of the Hiroshima Peace Media Center, and the newspaper's work towards a future without nuclear weapons.
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