Japan holds silent prayer for Hiroshima victims as survivors and leaders warn of rising nuclear threats 80 years later ...

The bombings created a new class of people called hibakusha. These were victims who often died in great pain in the days, ...

As survivors of these weapons, we all agree that they can never be used again. So, when we hear politicians saying such ...

Japan faces with growing urgency the question of how to carry forward the moral voice for ridding the world of nuclear ...

Mr Hilling, who joined the RAF in April 1944 before being transferred to the Army and serving in India in 1945 before his ...

Exactly 80 years since an atomic bomb was used in war for the first time, thousands bowed their heads in prayer in Hiroshima ...

Twin cathedral bells rang in unison in Japan's Nagasaki for the first time since the atomic bombing of the city 80 years ago, ...

Eighty years ago, a flash of light changed the world forever. The stories of those who lived through the unimaginable reveal ...

On the 80th anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II, Shigeru Ishiba expressed ‘remorse’ – a first for a PM since ...

Ahead of the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, how Japan's leaders took their country into a conflict it would be impossible to win ...

For pacifists, the answer is clear: since any deliberate killing is wrong, the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and ...