During World War II, thousands of prisoners of war were detained on in a camp in Nagasaki. When the atomic bomb was dropped on ... material on the war, and on post-war experiences in the ...

“The atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, also known as the Hibakusha ... action are heard and acted upon,” it ...

This is the fifth and final installment in the series. On a train bound for Nagasaki, just two days after the atomic bombing of the city, a man discussed the devastation of the blast, including ...

The Nagasaki prefectural government opened the orphanage known as Koyoryo in 1948, three years after the Aug. 9 bombing, about 3 kilometers north of ground zero, in what is now called the ...

The first hit Hiroshima on August 6, and three days later, another was dropped on Nagasaki. Codenamed "Fat Man" because of its round shape, the second bomb was much more powerful than the first.

Less than a month later, two bombs were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, bringing about the end of World War II. No nuclear bombs have been used as weapons since the ...

Nearly eight decades ago, the United States dropped nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and, a few days later, on Nagasaki, Japan. That week in August changed the world forever; ever since, the world’s ...

A 10-year-old boy from the Japanese capital of Tokyo has begun telling the stories of people who survived the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki. Hosoi Soshi started working as the youngest "exchange ...

Three days later, another nuclear bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki. Hundreds of thousands of Japanese civilians were killed in the explosions and countless others were disfigured ...

TOKYO, August 9. /TASS/. The memorial service on the occasion of the 79th anniversary of atomic bombing of Japanese cities by the United States will be held in Nagasaki. The silence minute will be ...

Shigemi Fukahori, a survivor of the 1945 Nagasaki atomic bombing, who devoted his life to advocating for peace and campaigning against nuclear weapons, has died. He was 93.