Local media reported he died of old age. The church, about 500 yards from ground zero and near the Nagasaki Peace Park, is widely seen as a symbol of hope and peace, as its bell tower and some ...

Local media reported he died of old age. The church, located about 500 meters from ground zero and near the Nagasaki Peace ...

The mayor of Nagasaki said the city will invite representatives of ‘all countries’ and regions to this year's atomic bombing ...

Fukahori, a Catholic, presented a wreath when Pope Francis visited Ground Zero in Nagasaki in November. In the Pledge for Peace, Fukahori said, “I will continue to champion my conviction that ...

Eighty-eight-year-old Shigemi Fukahori greeted the pope with a wreath at ground zero in Nagasaki Peace Park on November 24. Fukahori was 14 when the bomb fell on Nagasaki. Tens of thousands of ...