atomic bomb
April 28, 2013
Even at the age of 96, Shuntaro Hida, a physician who survived the first-ever atomic bombing in history, has no plans to stop working toward the abolition of nuclear weapons.
February 16, 2013
OLYMPIA, Washington--A tank that holds radioactive liquids is leaking at the most contaminated nuclear site in the U.S., the governor of Washington state said Feb. 15, raising...
January 26, 2013
HIROSHIMA--A strong earthquake could collapse parts of the Atomic Bomb Dome, the building that withstood the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima and became an international symbol ...
January 16, 2013
Even after the passing of nearly 60 years, a Japanese fishing boat exposed to a U.S. nuclear bomb test remains a major attraction and a living history lesson, particularly in...
January 08, 2013
HIROSHIMA--An original photo showing the mushroom cloud over Hiroshima split into two parts, one on top of the other, has been found at an elementary school located near ground ...
December 25, 2012
Keiji Nakazawa, a manga artist whose famed "Barefoot Gen" described his own experiences of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, died of lung cancer at a hospital in the city on Dec....
October 22, 2012
FUCHU, Hiroshima Prefecture--Aya Domenig’s grandfather never told her why he was so reluctant to speak about his experience as a doctor in Hiroshima at the end of World War...
August 31, 2012
During the month of August, our country went into a frenzy over Olympic medals, while territorial disputes with our neighbors came to a head. It was also in August that the...
August 25, 2012
Were it not for the nuclear disaster last year, Rie Enoki might not have learned that the rural town of Ishikawa in Fukushima Prefecture was part of the Imperial Japanese...
August 09, 2012
NAGASAKI--Nagasaki marked the 67th anniversary of the city's atomic bombing on Aug. 9 with a pledge to continue its support for victims of last year's nuclear disaster.
August 09, 2012
A documentary to be shown in a Tokyo theater soon depicts atomic bomb survivors in a Nagasaki nursing care home coming to grips with their experiences 67 years ago.
August 08, 2012
SEOUL--Researchers from Japan and South Korea have agreed to start joint research on the possible hereditary effects of radiation exposure on the offspring of South Koreans who ...
August 06, 2012
Oscar-winning actor Benicio del Toro, so composed and self-assured on the big screen, found himself at a loss for words when he visited Hiroshima, where the first atomic bomb...
August 06, 2012
HIROSHIMA--Keiko Kawamoto was just 4 years old when the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima during the closing days of World War II.
August 06, 2012
8:15 a.m., August 6, 1945. Our hometown was reduced to ashes by a single atomic bomb. The houses we came home to, our everyday lives, the customs we cherished--all were gone:...
August 05, 2012
A grandson of ex-U.S. President Harry Truman, who ordered the atomic bombings of Japan during World War II, is in Hiroshima to attend a memorial service for the victims.
August 02, 2012
HIROSHIMA--Although he was born and raised in Hiroshima, Yoshiki Nagoya, 56, has until now not done anything special on Aug. 6, the day on which the atomic bomb fell on the...
August 02, 2012
HIROSHIMA--Their owners were instantly vaporized by the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima by an American B-29 bomber in the closing days of World War II.
July 27, 2012
The government should revise its formula to calculate radiation doses of atomic bomb survivors because the current method does not properly incorporate internal radiation...
June 04, 2012
A new study shows that children who were born within 10 years of both parents surviving the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima have a higher rate of developing leukemia than...