The world changed forever on 6 August 1945. That was the day humanity first deliberately turned the most powerful weapon ever conceived upon itself – when the US unleashed an atomic bomb on the people ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

On August 6, 1945, the United States becomes the first and only nation to use atomic weapons during wartime when it drops an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Approximately 80,000 people ...