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Hiroshima survivors fear rising nuclear threat on the 80th anniversary of atomic bombing

Hiroshima is marking the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city. Many aging survivors ...

Japan’s aging atomic bomb survivors speak out against nuclear weapons

The number of survivors of the U.S. atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki is dwindling 80 years later, but they are ...

Japan marks 80 years since the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima: What's changed?

The atomic bombings of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, and Nagasaki three days later brought a scale of destruction the world ...

Japan commemorates 80 years since atomic bombing of Hiroshima

Japan and the world commemorated the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, inaugurating a new era of human ...

Remembering the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima, Nagasaki and the ties to Oak Ridge

Venesa Torres of Oak Ridge watches as citizens ring the International Friendship Bell at A.K. Bissell Park at 6:47 a.m. to ...

How a Japanese museum project is passing on the testimony of the last atomic bomb survivors

As numbers of atomic bomb survivors decline, can such deeply personal, traumatic memories truly be passed on to someone who ...

Hiroshima marks 80 years since atomic bombing as aging survivors frustrated by growing nuke threat

Hiroshima on Wednesday marks the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city, with many aging ...

80 years after Nagasaki, Hiroshima: Ohio's connections to atomic bombs that ended WWII

Ohio has more than one connection to the final days of World War II. Here’s what to know about the Bockscar bomber and the ...

Hiroshima warns against nuclear weapons as it marks 80 years since atomic bomb

Thousands bowed their heads in prayer in Hiroshima on Wednesday, as the city's mayor warned world leaders about the nuclear warheads that still exist.
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Hiroshima pauses in silence to mark 80 years since world’s first atomic bombing

On Aug. 9, 1945, the U.S. dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, about 260 miles southwest of Hiroshima. That bomb, known ...

‘A Scene From Hell.’ Survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombings Share Their Stories in Atomic People

PBS doc 'Atomic People' features survivors who talk about what it was like in, Japan, when the atomic bombs dropped.
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Japan's royal couple mourn A-bomb victims ahead of Hiroshima's 80th ...

TOKYO — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito paid respects to atomic bombing victims in Hiroshima as the city marks the 80th anniversary of the tragedy later this year. Naruhito, accompanied by his wife ...