Hiroshima

The Yokohama DeNA BayStars are set to take on the Hiroshima Toyo Carp in a Nippon Professional Baseball Central League fixture on the 27th. Fans in Japan are following the matchup closely as the teams compete for standing in the late-season pennant race.

Fewer than ten American veterans who witnessed the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 are still living, and their firsthand accounts are at risk of being lost as they pass away. The dwindling number of survivors has renewed attention on efforts to record and preserve their stories before the final eyewitnesses of the bombings are gone.