Seventy years ago, on August 6th, an atomic bomb turned Hiroshima into a burning wasteland. There was a rumor that radioactivity would stop any grass or flowers from growing there for 75 years. Today, over one-million people call Hiroshima home. The city has shown the world how it came back from almost total devastation.

The changing role of women in Japanese society plays an integral part of the nation's future. But significant obstacles exist that make it particularly difficult for women in Japan to balance work and family.