"August 9th, 1945. In the blink of an eye, the very fabric of existence was ripped asunder by the atom bomb that exploded over the city of Nagasaki in Japan..." This essay appeared on the programme of ...

Twelve-year old Sadae Kasaoka (birth name Hiraoka), a first-year student at a girls’ high school, was at home with her ...

On the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, The Associated Press is republishing the extraordinary ...

Mayors from across the world concluded a general conference in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sunday by adopting ...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — European nations have rallied behind Ukraine, saying peace in the war-torn nation can’t be resolved ...

This week marks the 80th anniversary of President Harry Truman’s fateful decision to drop atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (respectively, Aug. 6 and 9, 1945). To date, ...

A Japanese media organisation – citing people familiar with the matter – says a new location within Kanagawa prefecture, has ...

JR Kyushu owns and is responsible for the maintenance of about 2,300 kilometers of railway track. About one-third of JR Kyushu's current capital expenditure is allocated to railway maintenance, ...

(We’re celebrating ten years of Our Rich History! You can browse and read any of the past columns, from the present all the way back to our start on May 6, 2015, at our newly updated database . By ...

PM Ishiba instead emphasised the importance of maintaining the so-called three nonnuclear principles — neither possessing, producing nor permitting the introduction of nuclear weapons.

Participants in a Pilgrimage of Peace to Japan to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima ...

The southern Japanese city of Nagasaki on Saturday marked 80 years since the United States atomic attack that killed tens of thousands and left survivors who hope their harrowing mem ...