and each paper animal has its own unique symbolism. In Japanese culture, the paper crane is known as "orizuru" and is considered a symbol of peace, good luck, longevity, and hope. It's also linked ...

What can we do? What can we send? The university’s response: Send paper cranes. Send symbols of peace and hope. In Japanese tradition, the person who folds 1,000 origami cranes is granted a wish ...

The paper crane is a classic origami design. This video shows the folding process in action. The crane is considered auspicious in Japan as a traditional symbol of longevity. For this reason 1,000 ...

If you've ever been to Japan, you've seen the colorful garlands made from stringing thousands of folded paper cranes together. A uniquely Japanese symbol of peace, the origami crane adornes all places ...

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.

Sasaki folded 1,300 paper cranes but passed away from the disease in 1955. The cranes became a global symbol of world peace, hope and recovery. After the mass shooting at MSU, a University of ...

TOKYO — The family of a girl who folded paper cranes in hopes of surviving leukemia after the 1945 Hiroshima bombing hopes to add her story to UNESCO’s world memory program. Yuji Sasaki, whose ...