In Japan and South Korea there is deepening concern over the reliability of long-time American security guarantees – whether ...

Mayor Kazumi Matsui called on leaders to heed the lessons of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and warned of the consequences of the global trend towards a military buildup.

Hiroshima is marking the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city. Many aging survivors ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

HIROSHIMA--Streetcar No. 651, which was operating at the time of the atomic bombing 79 years ago, still rattles along the streets of this iconic city in western Japan.