KOBE -- Eighty years after the end of World War II, we are approaching an age in which we will soon no longer be able to hear firsthand accounts from those who experienced the war. One woman with ...

HIROSHIMA--Having survived the atomic bomb that flattened his hometown of Hiroshima when he was nine months old, Kunihiko ...

As the effects of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in August of 1945 proved to be devastating enough to convince scientists that nothing would grow in this place for decades, with the temperature around ...

At 8:15 a.m. on Aug. 6, 1945, the United States dropped the first combat atomic bomb, "Little Boy." It exploded 43 seconds later, creating a massive fireball that incinerated much of Hiroshima. Nearly ...

Hiroshima on Wednesday marked the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city, with many aging survivors expressing frustration about the growing support of global leaders ...

The 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is this week. It was the only time nuclear warheads were used during war. Here’s a look at the history and current U.S. stockpile.