A woman floats a lantern on the Motoyasu River as a prayer for peace, with the Atomic Bomb Dome seen in the background, in ...

The Yugawara town office in Kanagawa Prefecture failed to sound a siren at the stroke of 8:15 a.m. on Aug. 6 to coincide with ...

A commemorative ceremony has been held on the Pacific island where the aircraft that dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and ...

The people of Japan are marking 80 years since an atomic bomb devastated Hiroshima, killing thousands. NHK World's Yoshikawa ...

HIROSHIMA—Mourners pledged to carry on the work of the hibakusha, most of whom have passed, to abolish nuclear weapons as Japan marked 80 years since the atomic bomb caused an immense loss of life.