Almost 90 US B-29 bombers dropped about 6,000 tons of napalm on Kumagaya, Japan, on the night of August 14-15, 1945. Eighty years later, the scars of that American firebombing remain.

This year is a significant anniversary: the 80th Anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the event that motivates us more than any other to seek peace and nuclear disarmament.

More public day care centers in Hiroshima Prefecture are adopting a subscription service that offers an unlimited supply of disposable diapers and baby wipes for a fixed monthly fee.

There, he discovered "14-sai no Hiroshima" ("Hiroshima at 14"), a book by now 94-year-old atomic bombing survivor Yoshiko Kajimoto. On Aug. 6, 1945, the day the atomic bomb was dropped on ...

In these wartorn times, Hiroshima is a reminder of what should never be allowed happen again.

When the US warplane dropped a 4,400kg atomic bomb on Hiroshima, and 43 seconds later it detonated 600 metres above the city, eight-year-old Teruko Yahata was playing in her garden on what was a ...

HIROSHIMA—Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako laid white flowers and paid their respects on June 19 at the Cenotaph for the Victims of the Atomic Bomb at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park here.

For the first time, President Félix Tshisekedi spoke about the peace deal during a national address given on Independence Day. Emmet Livingstone has more on the issue.

The mayor of Hiroshima has invited President Donald Trump to visit the city after his comments comparing the atomic bombing of 1945 to his own decision to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities.

Trump insists there’s no need for Iran deal after Hiroshima-like end to the ‘12 Day War’ By Jamie McIntyre June 26, 2025 7:50 am ...

Many narrators continue to portray Oppenheimer as the father of the atomic bomb. But crediting him was part of a strategy to make nuclear weapons look like an unambiguous force of good—not of evil.

According to images shared by fans online, Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey has received its first official poster. Here are more details.