The atomic bombs may have saved "countless" lives, but if Truman had dropped one on a remote island nearby as a demonstration ...

The attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki killed more than 100,000 Japanese civilians, poisoned a generation of survivors and ...

History routinely affords illuminating insights on existential challenges which have confronted humanity. Apprehending that ...

Northern NSW resident Cherry Watts was washing her newborn sister's nappies when her city was destroyed by an atomic bomb at the end of World War II.

As numbers of atomic bomb survivors decline, can such deeply personal, traumatic memories truly be passed on to someone who did not live through them?

Before the service, a new bell donated by U.S. Catholics rang out for the first time in one of the two bell towers of Urakami ...

"We must abandon the fists, weapons, and tools of violence we hold in our hands, and stop creating nuclear weapons. Let us ...

Japan faces with growing urgency the question of how to carry forward the moral voice for ridding the world of nuclear ...

THIS month marks two anniversaries that, if we lived in a world with historical memory, would be front-page news.August 6 and ...

If Japan had not marched toward war, ordinary people would not have suffered immense hardship. Yet, adequate compensation has ...

The 80th anniversaries of the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki provide an instructive moment for Russian ...

This week marks the 80th anniversary of our country dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. A few days after the ...