(THE CONVERSATION) Eighty years ago – on Aug. 6 and 9, 1945 – the U.S. military dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, thrusting humanity into a terrifying new age. In mere moments, ...

The mayor of the Japanese city of Nagasaki is set to call for an immediate ceasefire in conflicts around the world during a ...

On Hiroshima Day, we revisit the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, their deadly legacies and why the hibakusha remind us that nuclear threats still demand our attention.

A recent survey, released Monday, was conducted on more than 5,000 U.S. adults ahead of the 80th anniversaries of the ...

Peace vigils, fasting, movies, art exhibits are among the activities planned for 10 days in connection to 80th anniversary of atomic bombs.

Cardinal Blase Cupich, Cardinal Robert McElroy, Archbishop Paul Etienne, and Archbishop John C. Wester will be part of the ...

Manhattan Project National Historical Park, with sites in three time zones, tells the complex story of the making of the ...

As the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings approaches, the documentary urges reflection and reckoning with a past that ...

The victims of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have been remembered at a ceremony in the German city of Potsdam ...

By Daniel Payne Catholics in Nagasaki, Japan, have replaced a bell in a cathedral bell tower there almost exactly 80 years to ...

TOKYO, Jan. 6, 2010 -- The only person officially recognized as having been twice in the bull's eye of atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki has died. Tsutomu Yamaguchi, aged 93, passed away Monday.