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Even Hiroshima’s Pacifist Cause Is Losing Believers

Hiroshima was bombed by the American military on Aug. 6, 1945, causing the deaths of about 140,000 residents by the end of ...

Grandchildren of 2 men who experienced both A-bomb attacks in Japan work for peace 80 years later

Ari Beser’s grandfather was on the two American B-29 bombers that dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima ...

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 ...

As Hiroshima marks 80 years since U.S. atomic bombing, survivor says "nuclear weapons and humanity cannot co-exist"

The United States dropped the world's first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945, during World War II.

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

Mayor Kazumi Matsui called on leaders to heed the lessons of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and warned of the consequences of the ...

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 did not live through them?
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80 years after Hiroshima, Paul Tibbets' granddaughter remembers the famous pilot

"As a little kid, you're just in awe that all these people want to see and talk to the man that tucked you in bed every night ...
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Hiroshima at 80: As Japan’s commitment to nuclear abolition wanes, activists dig in

As the nonproliferation movement enters a tenuous new era, Japan’s firsthand experience with nuclear warfare is crucial in ...

Eight decades after Hiroshima, nuclear weapons continue to haunt global politics — and the world needs calm, pragmatic debate

The atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, remains a pivotal and controversial event in modern history. Beyond its ...

Japan's leaders call for nuclear arms abolition on Hiroshima 80th anniversary

The mayor of Hiroshima called out nuclear-armed nations Wednesday as Japan marked the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing ...

The Atomic Age began 80 years ago when the U.S. dropped A-bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan

The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 resulted in Japan's surrender, ending World War II and ushering in the Atomic Age.

80 Years After Hiroshima, Japan Is a Big Defense Spender

It has been 80 years since the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima in the world’s first nuclear attack. Hannah ...