The United States launched the Nagasaki attack on Aug. 9, 1945, killing 70,000 by the end of that year, three days after the ...

It is with that message that “Atomic Echoes” goes forth, showcasing survivors on both sides of the Pacific — the “hibakusha,” ...

Mr. Gurudevan wants to see his generation take to the streets and push through antinuclear legislation across the United States like the nuclear freeze movement did decades earlier. On June 12, 1982, ...

Eighty years after the US bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, aging survivors — some more than 100 years old — reveal the ...

Eighty years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, survivors recount their harrowing experiences in a stark reminder of the horrors of nuclear war and the urgent need to preserve peace.

The Japanese city, on which America dropped the first atomic bomb near the end of World War II, is commemorating the ...

"This weapon has not gone away, right? If anything, our capacity of countries who have nuclear development, the capacity to engage in nuclear harm has only gotten greater, and so the responsibility ...

On Aug. 6, 1945, the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and three days later, dropped another one on Nagasaki.

The U.S. used the first-ever atomic weapon of war on August 6, 1945. The effects are still being felt around the world, ...

For this Japanese choir, to sing at this memorial for St. Ignatius Loyola was to bring their own prayers for peace as the ...

American public opinion toward the atomic bombing of Japan has changed significantly over time. The latest poll from the Pew Research Center reveals that less than half of Americans currently view the ...

Ceremonies mark the anniversary of the atom bomb being dropped on Hiroshima, while survivors were awarded the Nobel Peace ...