As we commemorate the eightieth anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the world is the closest ...

The atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, remains a pivotal and controversial event in modern history. Beyond its ...

The atomic bombings of Japan might well be one of the most important events in human history — so maybe it's no surprise that ...

The head of the island’s economic office attended commemorations in Japan for the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and ...

In the heart of Hiroshima, some hibakusha – survivors of the atomic bomb – share their stories in front of the camer | ...

An outcry over alleged violence earlier this year within the Koryo High School baseball team had prompted calls on social ...

Eighty years ago, one nuclear bomb incinerated over 100,000 people in Hiroshima. Today, the U.S. has the equivalent of 50,000 Hiroshima-sized bombs.

When “Little Boy” detonated above the Japanese city, 80,000 people died instantly. The flash, brighter than the sun, transformed Hiroshima into the world’s first nuclear battlefield. Tens of thousands ...

Eighty years have passed, and yet no instrument of war has emerged as absolute, as unrelenting, or as exquisitely engineered for annihilation as the nuclear weapon. Its shadow has loomed over ...

At the Nagasaki peace conference, joined by representatives from 138 cities in 16 countries, discussions were held on ...

Treated as outcasts for decades, these survivors and their children are now speaking out against global nuclear rearmament.

On the 80th anniversaries of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, President Truman deserves credit for the first use of the atomic bomb in war. But he also deserves some credit for the fact that ...