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Letters to the Editor: Readers debate the 'moral necessity' of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings
The atomic bombs may have saved "countless" lives, but if Truman had dropped one on a remote island nearby as a demonstration ...
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Hiroshima survivor to reflect on atomic bombings in ceremony
Twelve-year old Sadae Kasaoka (birth name Hiraoka), a first-year student at a girls’ high school, was at home with her ...
See what Hiroshima looks like 80 years after the atomic bomb
On August 6, 1945, the US bomber Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb ever used in military combat on the Japanese city of ...
The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
* Japan has so far recognised the total number of deaths from the bombings, including from radiation illness and injuries, as ...
Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 80 years after the atomic bomb, the world still grapples with the fallout
On the 80th anniversaries of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, survivors continue searching for remains and healing—and ...
80 years after the atomic bomb: A photo gallery from Hiroshima
A bird flies past the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, Monday, August 4, 2025 as Japan will mark 80th anniversary of the WWII U ...
Hiroshima survivors fear rising nuclear threat on the 80th anniversary of atomic bombing
Hiroshima is marking the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city. Many aging survivors ...
On This Day: U.S. drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima
In 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three days later an atomic bomb hit ...
The legacy of my father, a Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor | Opinion
Today marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, when 70,000 people were killed instantly. By the end of ...
Marking 80 years since U.S. dropped atomic bomb on Hiroshima
On August 6, 1945, the U.S. dropped the first atomic weapon of war on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, killing tens of ...
Japan marks 80 years since the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima: What's changed?
The atomic bombings of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, and Nagasaki three days later brought a scale of destruction the world ...
Hiroshima warns against nuclear weapons as it marks 80 years since atomic bomb
Thousands bowed their heads in prayer in Hiroshima on Wednesday, as the city's mayor warned world leaders about the nuclear warheads that still exist.