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Sadako Sasaki (佐々木 禎子, Sasaki Sadako, January 7, 1943 – October 25, 1955) was a Japanese girl who became a victim of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States. She was two years of age when the bombs were dropped and was severely irradiated.
English: A mobilized school girl suffered burns to face, Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital, 9 August 1945 日本語: 広島原爆 犠牲者（1945年8月9日、日本赤十字病院にて）。 顔面に熱傷を負った動員学徒の女学生 広島赤十字病院に運び込まれたものの、手当もされずゴザの上で「水！
The Hiroshima Maidens (Japanese: 原爆乙女 (Genbaku Otome); lit. ' atomic bomb maidens ' ) were a group of 25 Japanese women who were disfigured by the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and subsequently went on a highly publicized journey to obtain reconstructive surgery in the United States.
The red-light district in Yoshiwara serves as the setting for the second season of the anime series Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. [11] [12] The finale of said arc also makes an allusion to the 1913 fire. The red-light district of Yoshiwara was a recurring setting in the manga Jin by Motoka Murakami, as well as the 2009–2011 TV series Jin.
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Tokyo's Yoshiwara pleasure quarter, antique postcard. Prostitution in Japan has existed throughout the country's history.While the Prostitution Prevention Law of 1956 states that "No person may either do prostitution or become the customer of it", loopholes, liberal interpretations and a loose enforcement of the law have allowed the Japanese sex industry to prosper and earn an estimated 2.3 ...
Man negotiating with a sex worker in Amsterdam's De Wallen (Red-light district). edit This area of Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. was known from the mid-1800s to the 1920s as "Murder Bay," home to numerous brothels.
The term 'akasen' literally translates as "red-line". Though similar to another term previously used for red-light districts, "yūkaku", 'akasen' was used as a collective term for red-light districts only between 1946 and 1958, following an issue ordered by GHQ (SCAPIN 642) nationwide to abolish Japan's legalised system of sex work.