In June, 2002, nine students from the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley, traveled to Nagasaki, Japan to report on how that city has remade itself nearly 57 years after the world's second – and last – atomic bomb was dropped. Their print stories appeared in an August, 2002 special section of the San Jose Mercury News; their digital TV stories appeared on the Washington Post website, washingtonpost.com. All stories have been reproduced here.

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In her washingtonpost.com video, Rosa Yum spends time with Nobukazu and Kazuko Okabe, a middle-aged couple torn between wanting the most for their children and desiring to have them at home.

Austin Ramzy writes in the San Jose Mercury News about the struggle for students between kindergartens and day care centers.

And Jessi Hempel's San Jose Mercury News story looks at the increasing number of students refusing to go to school out of boredom, pressure to conform or fear of teachers and students.

Steven Fyffe's washingtonpost.com video looks at the hardships Japanese fishermen face now that the Isahaya Dam has drastically reduced fish stocks.

Carole-Anne Elliott's main San Jose Mercury News story explores the effects of a decade of recession on older workers. Her sidebar introduces an older worker who switched gears in time to find new work as a "home helper."

And Jessi Hempel's San Jose Mercury News piece follows an environmental activist who fights to continue the work of her late husband.

Kimberlee Bortfeld writes in the San Jose Mercury News about the Nagasaki Hata Club's efforts to introduce the art of kite flying to younger generations.

Bruce Gerstman's San Jose Mercury News story looks at the Suwa Shrine, where Japanese go to ask for blessings on their cars and even ways to end their love affairs.

And Austin Ramzy's San Jose Mercury News story takes us back in time to Nagasaki's Dejima island, now being reconstructed as a tourist attraction.

Chris O'Connell's washingtonpost.com video explores how the World War II atomic bomb attack on Nagasaki still affects survivors, nearly 57 years later.