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Japan marks 80th anniversary of atomic bombing in Hiroshima
As Japan marks 80 years since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the country's postwar identity is shifting.
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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 ...
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 ...
Hiroshima marks 80 years since atomic bombing as aging survivors worry about growing nuke threat
Many aging Hiroshima survivors express frustration over growing global support for nuclear weapons as deterrence.
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.
Protestors gather at Y-12 to remember victims, destruction of Hiroshima 80 years later
Wednesday marked 80 years since the United States attacked Hiroshima Japan with an atomic bomb. One group or protestors ...
Even Hiroshima’s Pacifist Cause Is Losing Believers
Burned and sickened by radiation, many of Hiroshima’s survivors forgave. They wove pacifism into their DNA, the vanguards of a vanquished nation that cast off decades of imperialism. People ringing ...
Hiroshima survivors fear rising nuclear threat on the 80th anniversary of atomic bombing
Wednesday marked the 80th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of the western Japanese city, with many aging survivors ...
East Japan town forgets to air siren for prayers for Hiroshima A-bomb victims
The Yugawara town office in Kanagawa Prefecture failed to sound a siren at the stroke of 8:15 a.m. on Aug. 6 to coincide with ...
Photos of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 and today
On Aug. 6, 1945, the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and three days later, dropped another one on Nagasaki.