FUKUYAMA, Hiroshima Prefecture--Metallic reproductions of paper cranes folded by atomic bombing victim Sadako Sasaki are being developed as durable symbols of peace for distribution around the world.

A descendant of Sadako Sasaki, a victim of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima known for her paper cranes, is spreading a new message of peace with a grandson of the man who approved the nuclear attack.

They have been hung in John Wesley's New Room, to honour Sadako Sasaki, a Japanese girl who died at the age of 12 from after-effects of the bomb. "It resembles peace and they look so beautiful.