so has kitagawa school but in the backyard sits a reminder of its dark past. i asked him to explain what it means to him? >> it honors the hundreds of students and teachers killed there after the bombing there were hundreds of corpses and bones here, it's important for me to come and pray for them. >> reporter: does the u.s. owe you and people like you an apologize? >> that's a normal expectation when somebody does wrong against you. we've waited 70 years. it handy happened. >> what about the argument that using nuclear weapons on japan helped end the war sooner and maybe saved hundreds of thousands of lives? >> that was an american myth. it was obvious to many people it was going to end soon because japan was already incapable of fighting. >> reporter: historians debate those points to this day but she has spent her life determined that nuclear weapons should never be used again. demanding that countries do more to eliminate nuclear weapons. >> we have been telling the world what we experienced how horrible it is and so forth and nothing is happening. >> repo

. >> reporter: seven decades on hiroshima has been rebuilt so has kitagawa's school but in the back sits a reminder of its dark past. i asked him what it means to him. >> it honors the hundreds of students and teachers killed here. after the bombing there were corpses and bones everywhere so it's hard for me to come here again. >> she is determined that nuclear weapons should not be used again. >> we have been telling the whoorld we experienced, how horrible it was and so forth and nothing is happening. >> and a few hours from now antonio people will be coming back here. and down at the river behind me they will be setting candles alight and putting them on floating lanterns, this will be another symbolic motion, to pray for the victims who died. antonio. >> thank you roxana. >>> net film has a new policy, up to a year off without pay for new parents. and also: >> he's cold and malicious. i'll never forget it. >> an al jazeera exclusive the mother of michael brown talks about the officer who killed her son. >> netflix has changed the game when it comes to how we watch television. now it'

i asked kitagawa what it means to him. >> it honors the hundreds of students and teachers killed in the bomb. there were hundreds of corns and bones here. the fact i survived and many didn't it's important for me to come and pray for them. >> reporter: does the u.s. allow you and people like you an apology? >> that's a normal expectation when somebody does something wrong to you. we have waited 70 years and it hasn't happened. >> what about the fact that the bomb ended the war sooner? >> that's an american myth. it was obvious to many people that it was going to end soon because japan was already incapable of fighting. >> it is the subject of debate among historians. we met her in april when she was marching to the u.n, demanding that the world do more about nuclear weapons. >> we have been telling people how horrible it is and so forth and nothing is happening. >> reporter: now as japan marks 70 years since the bombs fell, the number of people who can describe their memories of that devastation is dwindling. >> i do sometimes feel powerless that the u.s. doesn't care what happened here