Hiroshima

Hiroshima remembers A-bomb victims as ‘global tragedies’ unfold

TOKYO: The mayor of Hiroshima said Tuesday that wars in Ukraine and Gaza were deepening… Read More

Hiroshima marks a-bomb anniversary, calls nuclear deterrence “folly”

TOKYO: Japan on Sunday marked the 78th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing on Hiroshima,… Read More

Japan’s Hirohito ‘prevented from voicing remorse over war’

Japan's wartime emperor Hirohito wanted to express his regret and remorse shortly after World War… Read More

Japan satellite blasts into space to deliver artificial meteors

TOKYO: A rocket carrying a satellite on a mission to deliver the world's first artificial… Read More

Japan marks 70th anniversary of Hiroshima atomic bombing

Japan has marked the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in a ceremony… Read More

Nobel Peace Prize winners warn nuclear war is ‘a tantrum away’

OSLO, NORWAY: Mankind's destruction caused by a nuclear war is just one "impulsive tantrum away",… Read More

Nobel-winning Hiroshima survivor laments nuclear ‘insanity’

OSLO, NORWAY: Setsuko Thurlow, 85, was 13 years old when she was rescued from the… Read More

Hiroshima survivor to accept Nobel Peace Prize for nuclear watchdog

OTTAWA: Setsuko Thurlow was 13 years old and standing only a mile away from ground… Read More

North Korea nuclear test 10 times more powerful than Hiroshima: Japan

TOKYO: Japan Wednesday again upgraded its estimated size of North Korea´s latest nuclear test to… Read More

Japan marks 72 years since Hiroshima atomic bomb

TOKYO: Japan on Sunday marked 72 years since the world´s first nuclear attack on Hiroshima,… Read More

First Japanese to report Hiroshima atomic bomb dies at 86

TOKYO: Yoshie Oka, the first person to raise the alarm outside Hiroshima that the Japanese… Read More

Japan’s Abe and Obama to pay respects at Pearl Harbor

HONOLULU, USA: Seven months after President Barack Obama visited Hiroshima, the city where World War… Read More

Japan urges world to follow Obama and visit as it remembers Hiroshima

TOKYO: Japan on Saturday marked 71 years since the city of Hiroshima was destroyed by… Read More

Obama wraps up historic Asia trip

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama on Friday wrapped up a historic trip to Asia, where… Read More

Hiroshima: what happened to people?

HIROSHIMA: The atomic blast in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 killed 140,000 people; tens of thousands… Read More

Hugs and tears: Obama meets A-bomb survivors in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA: Two men who suffered horrific injuries in the world's first nuclear strike seven decades… Read More

Key dates in the nuclear arms race

HIROSHIMA: Here is a timeline of the development of nuclear weapons, as US President Barack… Read More

Hiroshima survivors: Obama speech moving, ‘more than enough’

HIROSHIMA: Barack Obama, the first sitting U.S. president to visit Hiroshima, laid a wreath on… Read More

Obama visits Hiroshima, pays tribute to victims of nuclear attack

HIROSHIMA: President Barack Obama on Friday paid moving tribute to victims of the world's first… Read More

Obama to not apologize over atomic bombing of Hiroshima during visit

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama will not apologise for the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on… Read More