Akemi was a student at Nagasaki Medical College, training to become a doctor. He is thought to have been attending class at the time of the nuclear bombing. Although Akemi’s father searched for him after the bombing, he was never able to find a trace...

Kozo was a third-year student at First Hiroshima Prefectural Junior High School. At the time of the nuclear bombing, he and his classmates were working at an aircraft factory in Hiroshima’s Koi neighbourhood, around 800 metres from the hypocentre of ...

A first-year student at First Hiroshima Prefectural Junior High School, Yasuyoshi was inside his school building, roughly 900 metres from the hypocentre, when the nuclear bomb exploded above Hiroshima.

At the time of the nuclear bombing, baby Nobumi was at home with his four-year-old sister, Yoshimi, his mother, Fumi, and his aunt, Tamae. They were just 300 metres from the hypocentre of the explosion and were killed instantly.

Born in 1931, Takashi was the eldest of five siblings. His father, Ukichi, poured over the Confucianist text “Four Books and Five Classics” to find the name Takashi. Despite a premature birth, baby Takashi was healthy and grew quickly.

Born in December 1933, Mitsuko was doted on by her father, Ukichi, as a toddler, even as he showed his strict side to her elder brother, Takashi.

Harumi was born the third of five siblings. With a gap of six years between her and her next eldest sibling, Harumi’s parents had almost given up hope of having another child. They were delighted when Harumi was born.

Kazumi was four years old in 1945. Her mother, Chiyoko, remembered her as a sweet child, the embodiment of her name, which combines the kanji characters for “peace” and “beauty”.

On the day before the nuclear bombing, Hirohisa went swimming in the Kyobashi River with his two sisters. “They swam around happily the whole day,” recalled their mother, Toshie.

At the time of the nuclear bombing, one-year-old Kumiko was with her mother, Sano, as well as her brother, three of her sisters, and two children from a neighbouring family.

At the time of the nuclear bombing, baby Hidemitsu was at home with his mother, Shino, and his siblings. They were about to enjoy an early lunch when the force of the explosion caused the house to collapse on top of them.

In 1942, Minako’s mother, Shina, left Nagasaki for Shanghai due to her husband’s work. Thinking her children would be better off staying in Nagasaki, she left Minako and her elder brother with their aunt and uncle.

Michie was a second-year student at Hiroshima Jogakuin Girls’ High School. At the time of the nuclear bombing, she was working in Zakoba-cho as a mobilised student.

Chandu was one of thousands of Korean nationals killed in the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima. At the time of the attack, he was working with his classmates outdoors to create firebreaks in the southern part of what is now the Hiroshima Peace Memorial P...

Takako was a first-year student at First Hiroshima Prefectural Girls’ High School. At the time of the nuclear bombing, she was creating firebreaks with her classmates in Koami-cho.

A fourth-year student at Nagasaki Prefectural Girls’ High School at the time of the nuclear bombing, Kayoko was remembered with affection by her friend and classmate Iwanaga Miyoko.

Midori was a student at Junshin Girls’ High School, a Catholic school in Nagasaki. She was exposed to the nuclear bomb while working at the factory to which she had been mobilised.

Fourteen-year-old Keiji was a student at First Hiroshima Prefectural Junior High School. His father, Itsuzo, described him as a cheerful boy.

At the time of the nuclear bombing, Reiko and her classmates from First Hiroshima Municipal Girls’ High School were creating firebreaks in an area along the west bank of the Motoyasu River that is now occupied by Peace Boulevard.

Makoto, then just one year old, was in the garden of his home in Nagasaki at the time of the nuclear bombing. His mother immediately wrapped him in her arms, and he suffered only minor burns.