Mayor Kazumi Matsui called on leaders to heed the lessons of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and warned of the consequences of the ...

Ari Beser’s grandfather was on the two American B-29 bombers that dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima ...

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

Many aging Hiroshima survivors express frustration over growing global support for nuclear weapons as deterrence.

Hiroshima was bombed by the American military on Aug. 6, 1945, causing the deaths of about 140,000 residents by the end of ...

As the nonproliferation movement enters a tenuous new era, Japan’s firsthand experience with nuclear warfare is crucial in ...

As Japan marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bomb attacks, a new generation of storytellers is stepping up to preserve the memories of survivors and ensure the world never forgets the human cost ...

This year, the sanitized appeals to peace, hope, and resilience in memory of the catastrophe have become increasingly hollow.

Hiroshima Gov. Hidehiko Yuzai questioned the growing calls for reinforced nuclear deterrence around the world, including in Japan, since Russia invaded Ukraine and warned of possible nuclear ...

Narratives reflecting Japan's complex relationship with nuclear technologies abound, but the most famous example is Godzilla, ...

It has been 80 years since the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima in the world’s first nuclear attack. Hannah ...

A pall of smoke lingers over this scene of destruction in Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 7, 1945, a day after the explosion of the atomic bomb.