On the 80th anniversaries of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, survivors continue searching for remains and healing—and ...

When the first atomic bomb detonated 80 years ago in Hiroshima, thousands of the dead and dying were brought to the small, ...

To this day, they are not yet done with war,” writes Rebun Kayo, a researcher at Hiroshima University, kneeling on a hillside of forested Ninoshima, digging through dirt for the tiniest shred of bone.

When the first atomic bomb detonated 80 years ago on Aug. 6, thousands of the dead and dying were brought to the small, rural ...

Decades after the Hiroshima atomic bombing, efforts continue on Ninoshima island to recover and honor the remains of those ...

Eighty years ago, on 6 August, the detonation of the first atomic bomb transformed the small, rural island of Ninoshima, just south of Hiroshima, into a harrowing makeshift hospital. Thousands of ...

On Ninoshima, an island near Hiroshima, efforts are intensifying to recover the remains of atomic bomb victims, a gesture of respect for the dead and to ease the grief of the survivors.

Rebun Kayo, a Hiroshima University researcher, has been regularly visiting the island in search of the remains of people. He ...

A key figure in this search is Rebun Kayo, a Hiroshima University researcher who has spent years combing through forested ...

When the first atomic bomb detonated 80 years ago on Aug. 6, thousands of the dead and dying were brought to the small, rural ...

When the first atomic bomb detonated 80 years ago on Aug. 6, thousands of the dead and dying were brought to a small rural ...

Ninoshima, an island where thousands of the dead and dying were brought after the first atomic bomb detonated 80 years ago, is seen from a ferry on Monday, July 7, 2025, in Horishima, western Japan.