Dozens of times a year, Rebun Kayo takes a ferry to a small island across from the port of Hiroshima in search of the remains of those killed by the atomic bomb 80 years ago.

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Rebun Kayo, a researcher at Hiroshima's University Center for Peace, regularly travels to Ninoshima Island to search for the remains of people killed by the atomic bomb. The island, which became a field hospital after the bombing, still holds mass graves where many victims were buried due to overwhelming casualties.

Kayo's motivation is both professional and personal, as he has relatives from Okinawa whose remains were never found. Despite many remains being unearthed in the decades after the war, witness accounts suggest more burial sites exist. Kayo continues his search, recently discovering the remains of a young child, and plans to enshrine the fragments at a Buddhist temple. He emphasizes the importance of remembering the victims and cautions against forgetting the consequences of war.

In Hiroshima, search for remains keeps war alive for lone volunteer

Just a short ferry ride from Hiroshima lies the small island of Ninoshima where the remains of those killed by the atomic bomb 80 years ago can still be found. Ribun Keo, a researcher at Hiroshima's University Center for Peace is on a mission to uncover them. For him every fragment on Ninoshima is a reminder that World War II's impact persists buried forgotten and unresolved. All I can say is that these are fragments of bone. Everything that I've found here so far has been human bone so I would guess that this is probably the same. After the United States dropped the atomic bomb over Japan's Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, Ninoshima became a field hospital. Thousands of victims dead and alive were ferried across the water. Many died soon after and due to overwhelming numbers, people were buried in mass graves. Keo's motivation is partly personal. Born in Okinawa where some of the war's bloodiest battles were fought, he has relatives whose remains were never found. While many remains were unearthed in the decades following the war, witness accounts suggest there were more burial grounds. In 2014 the son of a resident informed Keo about one area on the island's northwestern coast. From there he saved up funds and started digging, spending time and his own money on his solo excavations. Earlier this year he found pieces of a young child's jaw and tooth. That child was killed by the bomb knowing nothing about the world he said. I couldn't come to terms with it for a while and that feeling still lingers. Eventually he plans to take the fragments to a Buddhist temple to be enshrined. People today who don't know about the war focus only on the recovery and they move the conversation forward while forgetting about these people here. In the end it becomes like even if you drop an atomic bomb you can recover. That's why there will always be people who think it's okay to drop the bomb again. There will always be people who try to justify it in a way that suits them.

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