Shun Sasaki works as a volunteer guide for foreign visitors at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima's Naka Ward on July 10, 2025. His bib is signed with messages from the people he has guided ...

Japan's Crown Prince and Princess Akishino have visited Hiroshima ahead of the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the western Japanese city.

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.

Hiroshima – A total of 124 countries and regions, as well as the European Union, are currently scheduled to attend the Aug. 6 peace memorial ceremony in Hiroshima this year, the city has said.

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

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Kensington’s Peace Park opened Sunday as a place to bring the neighborhood together and take a stand against the city’s gun violence epidemic through art and connection.

She twice waved away my offered arm as we walked the uneven surfaces of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, first neutrally and then with some irritation.

HIROSHIMA -- Every time a nuclear test was conducted abroad, Ichiro Moritaki (1901-1994) staged a sit-in in front of the Cenotaph for the A-bomb Victims at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima's Naka ...

Jorgen Watne Frydnes, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, during a visit Tuesday to Hiroshima stressed that the "nuclear taboo" must not be confined to the atomic-bombed city but spread worldwide.

There was also an excursion to Hiroshima and Miyajima Island, reflecting on the past at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and boarding a ferry boat to visit the majestic Itsukushima Shrine.