NHK World Presents War & Peace Series

TOKYO: NHK World is to broadcast 13 programs that focus on war and peace in the August Chronicles lineup, to commemorate the anniversaries of the atom bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

The series will reflect on the damage caused by nuclear war and the effects of radiation. August Chronicles will air August 5 to 17, starting with Hiroshima and Nagasaki memorial ceremonies and programs such as Why Did Japan Go to War?, a four-part series.

The programming also touches on the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that resulted in the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station crisis, with A Message from Hiroshima for Fukushima.