Before visiting the A-bomb sites in Hiroshima with kids, read this first-hand guide to know how to prepare and what to expect ...

At 61.6%, the most well-known World Heritage site in Japan was the Hiroshima Genbaku (A-Bomb) Dome. Other sites that more than half of respondents knew were Itsukushima Shrine (54.1%), Yakushima ...

Hiroshima city announced on June 15. More than 400 people are thought to have been killed at the site, located within one kilometer of ground zero, on Aug. 6, 1945. The ruins are believed to be ...

On the morning of January 17, 1966, an American B-52 bomber on a secret mission over Cold War-era Europe collided mid-air ...

HIROSHIMA--Authorities here tightened ... an open space before the Atomic Bomb Dome had been the site of rallies for campaigners of a world free from wars and nuclear weapons in their unique ...

technology to colorize black-and-white photographs of Hiroshima’s atomic bomb survivors. Over the years, many atomic bomb survivors (hibakusha) have overcome hatred and sadness in hope that ...

Representatives of an atomic bomb survivors' group have ... the ceremonies live from the Hiroshima Peace Park. Visitors have been praying near the site since early Sunday. Yamaguchi Hiroaki ...

It is a precautionary measure, in case Hiroshima is subjected to a fire bomb attack. Although exhausting work, the weather forecast for tomorrow predicts a clear, sunny day. The men have filled ...

I now live in Sydney, but I was born and brought up in Hiroshima. When the bomb exploded on the morning of August 6 1945, I was a 13-year-old schoolgirl. I lived 1.7 kilometres away from where the ...