Tokyo Confidential
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    Tokyo Confidential
Kokura: The Japanese town that twice escaped atomic destruction
        
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          Season 2
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          Episode 2
      
      
In the closing days of 1945, the Japanese town of Kokura escaped atomic destruction not once, but twice, due to fortunate turns in weather.