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'''Description of Artwork:''' Information that showed the social, infrastructural and medical aftermath of the atomic bombs used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II.
'''Description of Artwork:''' Information that showed the social, infrastructural and medical aftermath of the atomic bombs used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II.


'''The Incident:''' The United States' occupation forces censored information that described the consequences of the atom bombs throughout the occupation of Japan, from 1945-1952.  The newspaper, ''[[Asashi Shimbun]]'', was cancelled after it accused the U.S. of war crimes by using the bombs.
'''The Incident:''' The United States' occupation forces censored information that described the consequences of the atom bombs throughout the occupation of Japan, from 1945-1952.  The newspaper, ''Asashi Shimbun'', was cancelled after it accused the U.S. of war crimes by using the bombs.


'''Results of Incident:''' In April 1952, the first pictures of the bombs' aftermath were released in the magazine, ''Asashi Gurafu''.
'''Results of Incident:''' In April 1952, the first pictures of the bombs' aftermath were released in the magazine, ''Asashi Gurafu''.