Eighty years have passed, and yet no instrument of war has emerged as absolute, as unrelenting, or as exquisitely engineered for annihilation as the nuclear weapon. Its shadow has loomed over ...

As Japan marks 80 years since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the country's postwar identity is shifting.

Treated as outcasts for decades, these survivors and their children are now speaking out against global nuclear rearmament.

At 11:02 a.m. Aug. 9, 1945, from 1,650 feet above Nagasaki, “Fat Man,” an atomic bomb fueled with Hanford site plutonium, was ...

In the heart of Hiroshima, some hibakusha – survivors of the atomic bomb – share their stories in front of the camer | dG1fV3BzYXkxMlNxVk0 ...

The head of the island’s economic office attended commemorations in Japan for the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and ...

Twin cathedral bells ring out in Japan's Nagasaki for the first time since the atomic bombing of the city 80 years ago, commemorating the moment the atrocity took place. On August 9, 1945, at 11:02 am ...

On the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, peace activists representing faith-based and secular ...

Ari Beser’s grandfather was on the two B-29 bombers that dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 ...

On August 9, 1945, clouds over Kokura forced a US bomber to switch to Nagasaki, where a sudden break in the sky led to a ...

Twin cathedral bells in Nagasaki ring in unison after 80 years, symbolizing peace and remembrance of atomic bombing.