The Atomic Bomb in Japanese Children’s and Young People’s books

Abstract

During WWII, US forces dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and many people lost their lives. Many children’s and young people’s books have been published. to convey the fear of the atomic bomb and war. These books are nonfiction and written by the victims of the bombs or written from the general perspective of the Japanese. However, recently, there are books which give not only the Japanese perspective, but also give the perspective from other countries such as the United States. In this paper, we introduce 4 books. Two books are nonfiction and written from the perspective of Japanese people. The other two books are fiction and written from multiple perspectives. After introducing the books, we would like to consider the background of the appearance of such books.