As the fires lit by the explosion of the Little Boy atomic bomb spread and merged across Hiroshima, the blazing temperatures ...

On August 6, 1945, Tsutomu Yamaguchi was preparing to leave Hiroshima and return to his family in Nagasaki when a blinding ...

The number of survivors of the U.S. atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki is dwindling 80 years later, but they are ...

HIROSHIMA -- The Hiroshima Municipal Government on Nov. 4 returned the remains of a victim of the atomic bombing to a ...

It marks the first time Hiroshima returned the remains of an atomic bomb victim whose name had been found to be recorded ...

TOKYO — Hiroshima on Thursday marked the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city, with its mayor criticizing major powers for waging wars and urging them to stop ...

HIROSHIMA—The mayor of Hiroshima called for world peace on the 79th anniversary of the atomic bombing, expressing concerns about Russia’s prolonged war in Ukraine and Israel’s ongoing attack on the ...

HIROSHIMA, Japan — More than 50,000 people gathered at this city’s Peace Memorial Park on Thursday to remember the victims of the world’s first atomic bombing and hear a renewed appeal for world ...

In August 1945, the U.S. dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki -- the only recorded use of nuclear weapons during a period of war -- killing an estimated 146,000 people in Hiroshima, and ...

The western Japan city of Hiroshima on Wednesday returned the remains of an atomic bomb victim to a bereaved family member, marking the city's first such return after an error in official records conc ...