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80 Years Ago, Nuclear Annihilation Came to Japan

On Aug. 15, Japan surrendered. The Japanese empire’s bloody march through Asia was over. But the impact on civilians lingered ...

World marks 80 years since US dropped atomic bomb on Japan as global powers still trade nuclear threats

As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the first use of a nuclear weapon, on the Japanese city of Hiroshima near the end ...

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 ...

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

HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Eighty years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, many of the remaining Japanese ...
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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 ...

Nagasaki mayor warns of nuclear war as city marks 80 years since A-bomb

NAGASAKI, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Thousands bowed their heads in prayer in Nagasaki on Saturday to mark the 80th anniversary of the ...

Aging atomic bomb survivors in Japan push for end of nuclear weapons

Eighty years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a dwindling number of the aging Japanese survivors are ...

Hiroshima marks 80th anniversary of atomic bombing in Japan amid growing nuclear threat

Hiroshima on Wednesday marked the 80th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of the western Japanese city, amid growing ...

Nagasaki survivors, on 80th anniversary, put hopes for a nuclear ban in the hands of youth

As Nagasaki marks the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic attack, survivors express enduring hope for a nuclear ban.

Nagasaki marks 80 years since U.S. atomic bombing as survivors place hopes of nuclear ban in hands of youth

The United States launched the Nagasaki attack on Aug. 9, 1945, killing 70,000 by the end of that year, three days after the ...

Nagasaki mayor warns about possibility of nuclear war 80 years after A-bomb

The western Japanese city was levelled on August 9, 1945, when the United States dropped a 10,000-pound plutonium-239 bomb, nicknamed “Fat Man”, instantly killing some 27,000 of the ...