Origami cranes are also an international symbol for peace, hope and healing. In 2011, when a powerful earthquake hit Japan, ...

Looking for a new way to relax? This paper cranes tutorial using a traditional Japanese origami method might be just the thing. Welcome to The Curiosity Academy, Stylist’s new learning hub where ...

Japanese folklore says folding 1,000 paper cranes can make a wish come true and restore health after an illness. The legendary tale of paper cranes was mostly unknown to the world until Sadako ...

She died of leukemia 10 years later. In hospital, Sadako folded countless cranes with medicine wrapping paper and other materials, believing that her wish for recovery would come true by making ...

She was admitted to the hospital at age 12, and shortly after, she was inspired to start folding origami paper cranes after ...

People across Japan have sent around 57,000 paper cranes to Hiroshima City, a gesture that symbolizes peace. Some of them are made with wrapping paper or pamphlets, and all of them will be ...

Bonnie Tarses, a longtime weaver and textile artist, has folded 44 sets of a thousand cranes and wanted to aim higher.

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.

She died aged 12 from leukemia ― believed to be linked to radiation exposure ― after folding more than 1,000 paper cranes that she hoped would save her. Her story has been immortalized in lite ...

Barron sees her plan as an extension of her work with the Downtown Longview board. She’s looking to pepper the front and back ...