The atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, remains a pivotal and controversial event in modern history. Beyond its ...

On the 80th anniversaries of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, President Truman deserves credit for the first use of the ...

Treated as outcasts for decades, these survivors and their children are now speaking out against global nuclear rearmament.

Patrick Penney's granduncle had a key role in the Manhattan project, and as well as being on the plane that dropped the ...

The head of the island’s economic office attended commemorations in Japan for the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and ...

The atomic bombings of Japan might well be one of the most important events in human history — so maybe it's no surprise that ...

Participants in a Pilgrimage of Peace to Japan to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima ...

Nakamura was 21-years old and was hanging laundry outside around 11am when the bomb fell on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. She ...

The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking, and thus we drift toward unparalleled catastrophe." – Albert Einstein Eighty years have passed since the twin horrors ...

At the Nagasaki peace conference, joined by representatives from 138 cities in 16 countries, discussions were held on ...

When “Little Boy” detonated above the Japanese city, 80,000 people died instantly. The flash, brighter than the sun, transformed Hiroshima into the world’s first nuclear battlefield. Tens of thousands ...

As Japan marks 80 years since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the country's postwar identity is shifting.