Mark your calendar for daily, weekly and monthly August holidays. Celebrate favorite foods, fun summer activities, historic ...

On the 80th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Jordan Dunbar hears from the only people to have ever ...

Every time a nuclear test was conducted abroad, Ichiro Moritaki (1901-1994) staged a sit-in in front of the Cenotaph for the ...

Last year, the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, also known as Nihon Hidankyo, won the Nobel ...

VJ Day, also known as Victory in the Pacific Day, or VP Day, falls this year on Friday, August 15. The allied victory will be ...

Witney is preparing to mark the 80th anniversary of Victory over Japan (VJ) Day with a programme of remembrance events. The ...

From Japan’s viewpoint, World War II was a bid to assert dominance in Asia and secure resources for a growing empire—but it came at an enormous cost. This video examines the war from the Japanese ...

Time doesn't ask for permission. Places that once felt untouched have slowly transformed as years passed and people began to ...

In an unexpected twist in the fight against cancer, humble kitchen bacteria and a plant best known for sweetening tea could one day help in treating ...

What began as frustration over the state of world peace has turned in something beautiful. A group of residents have folded ...

Some Hiroshima children got a lesson in how water service was restored the day an atomic bomb hit 80 years ago.