the court recognized 15 of the plaintiffs who were within the post-bombing black rain area as hibakusha. The court criticized the government for treating Nagasaki differently from Hiroshima in its ...

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 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.

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 ...

NAGASAKI--For decades, atomic bombing survivor Nobuko Oka did not want to share her story--even with her close relatives. She faced discrimination and became resigned to the notion that nobody ...

A postman with a red back On August 9, 1945, the day an atomic bomb exploded over Nagasaki, 16-year-old Taniguchi Sumiteru was delivering mail on his bicycle about two kilometers from ground zero ...

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 ...

In the case of a “nominal” (Nagasaki-type) atomic bomb, the heat cooks the skin up to two miles away. But if a person happens to be looking at the detonation, he will certainly be blinded ...

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 ...

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 ...