Shigemi Fukahori, a survivor of the 1945 Nagasaki atomic bombing, who devoted his life to advocating for peace and campaigning against nuclear weapons, has died. He was 93. Fukahori died at a ...

The Catholic church that announced his death is about 500 metres from the spot where the bomb fell on on 9 August. This sits near the Nagasaki Peace Park, widely seen as a symbol of hope and peace ...

NAGASAKI--For decades ... will speak about our experiences of being witness to the horrors of the atomic bomb as long as we live and vow to continue to call for the abolition of nuclear weapons ...

The structure was set up in front of the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum. After offering flowers to the monument, attendees observed a silent prayer for victims at 11:02 a.m., the time the bomb ...

The first hit Hiroshima on August 6, and three days later, another was dropped on Nagasaki. Codenamed "Fat Man" because of its round shape, the second bomb was much more powerful than the first.

Then, when I was a boy of 16, a thing called an atom bomb made a terrible fire in Nagasaki and burnt down most of the city. Thousands of people, some as young as you, were killed and burnt.

Editor in chief Nancy Shute traces the history of nuclear weapons, from the first sustained nuclear reaction in 1942 to the renewed interest in explosive tests today.

The idea to use chindonya came from Takahira Noriyasu, a former director of the Nagasaki National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims, who saw Kawachi perform. Takahira Noriyasu ...

Nearly eight decades ago, the United States dropped nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and, a few days later, on Nagasaki, Japan. That week in August changed the world forever; ever since, the world’s ...

By the time the siren sounded, the first atom bomb had already dropped ... Three days later the second atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki and Japan surrendered, bringing World ...