The story behind Idaho Falls’ 45-year friendship with this Japanese village

Podcast: It's Worth Mentioning · Rett Nelson

Opublikowano: 2026-08-10

More than a decade after the end of World War II, President Dwight D. Eisenhower founded Sister Cities International, a program aimed at promoting peace, cultural understanding, educational exchanges, and economic cooperation. It was 1956. The war came to an end in 1945 after the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, but American hostility towards the Japanese remained. The five-star general — who was given unprecedented command of all Allied forces during World War II — believed that personal connections between ordinary citizens could help prevent future conflicts. Idaho Falls and Tokai-Mura, Japan, have been...