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Hiroshima marks bombing anniversary

Feature: Protesters call for remembrance, reject nuclear weapons at atomic-bombed Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- In the heart of Hiroshima City in western Japan stands a building that bears the scars of the atomic bombing. With its shattered walls, exposed...

Here's what Hiroshima looks like today, 81 years after the atomic bomb

On August 6, 1945 — 81 years ago — the US bomber Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb ever used in military combat on the city of Hiroshima, Japan.

Hiroshima can engage, so why not Nagasaki?

‘Everywhere there were pitifully injured people’: how a newly unearthed memoir captures the devastation of Hiroshima

In an exclusive extract from his memoir, Kiyoshi Tanimoto describes the terrifying trip across the city to locate his wife and child• ‘I didn’t want to be a victim of the bomb’: re...

Hiroshima Day in London – 2011

Hiroshima Day in London: Most years when I’m in London on August 6th, Hiroshima Day, I go to the annual commemoration in Tavistock Square, and that on 6th August 2011 was memorable...

Hiroshima marks 81st atomic bomb anniversary as mayor deplores the pursuit of nuclear weapons

TOKYO (AP) — Hiroshima on Thursday marked the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city, with its mayor criticizing major powers for waging wars and...

The Lost Hiroshima Memoir

At 8:15 on the morning of August 6, 1945, Kiyoshi Tanimoto, a minister who presided over a Methodist church in Hiroshima, was two miles outside the city, when a tremendous flash oc...

Fat Man Dropped On Nagasaki

On August 9th, 1945 the US dropped the atomic bomb, code name "Fat Man" on Nagasaki ordered by President Truman. On 6th August 1945, Hiroshima was devastated by the first atomic bo...

81 years on: Pedaling through Hiroshima’s history on two wheels

"Peace tours" offer participants a glimpse of life in the city before, during and after the U.S atomic bombing of 1945.

Nagasaki marks 81st anniversary of atomic bombing

Japan's Nagasaki on Sunday commemorated the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city in the closing days of World War II, amid heightened calls for nuclear disarmame...

Enola Gay dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in World War II. Here's where the plane is now.

Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in World War II, is now a museum exhibit.

Ride a tram that survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on a new limited-time history tour

Step back in time on Hiroshima’s “Peace Loop 653”, a special tour that links passengers to the city’s past and present. Visitors to Hiroshima tend to have an interest in learning a...

Prince Hisahito offers flowers for Hiroshima A-bomb victims

This is the first time the prince has undertaken official duties outside Tokyo without being accompanied by other members of the Imperial Family.

Nagasaki Marks 81st Atomic Bomb Anniversary As Mayor Says Nuclear Deterrence Only Increases Risk

Mayor Shiro Suzuki said that while some countries argue the possession of nuclear weapons helps deter potential attackers, the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki had demonst...

The Man Who Survived Both Hiroshima and Nagasaki

"I thought the mushroom cloud had followed me from Hiroshima," said Tsutomu Yamaguchi, who survived the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Nagasaki marks 81st anniversary of atomic bombing

How The Atomic Bombing Of Nagasaki Brought World War 2 To A Violent End

On August 9, 1945, three days after destroying Hiroshima, U.S. forces dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, instantly killing nearly 40,000 people. The post How The Atomic Bombing Of...

Hiroshima students fold origami cranes at Pearl Harbor, share message of peace

Seven students from Hiroshima, Japan, folded origami paper cranes with their Hawaii counterparts and others Saturday morning at the Pearl Harbor National Memorial in memory of Sada...

Мэр Нагасаки напомнил, кто сбросил атомную бомбу на город в 1945 году

Мэр Нагасаки Сиро Судзуки прямо заявил, что атомную бомбу на город в 1945 году сбросил американский военный самолет. При этом премьер-министр Японии Санаэ Такаити в своем выступлен...

‘I never mentioned it for 25 years. I didn’t want to be a victim of the bomb’: Hiroshima survivor Koko Kondo on horror,...

On that fateful day in 1945, Kondo was just a baby in her mother’s arms. She talks about her father’s newly discovered eye-witness account of the aftermath – and why she decided to...

Hiroshima’s Question: Will We Continue to Live Under the Nuclear Shadow?

HIROSHIMA, Japan, August 7 (IPS) - This year’s Hiroshima Peace Declaration did not begin with words of remembrance alone. It opened instead with what the declaration called “milit...

Hiroshima Day 2026: क्या हिरोशिमा में परमाणु बम गिरने के बाद जापान ने सरेंडर किया था? यह है पूरी कहानी

Hiroshima Day 2026: हिरोशिमा दिवस पर जानें क्या सच में परमाणु बम गिरने के बाद जापान ने सरेंडर किया था, या इसके पीछे सोवियत संघ की एंट्री जैसी बड़ी वजहें भी थीं.

Nagasaki hibakusha urges pursuit of peace, not war preparations

Now 82, Tadako Kawazoe was a toddler when the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 1945.