But what happened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and what were the events that led to the attacks? Tensions between the US and Japan had been growing for decades before the Second World War.

We Must Restore the U.S. Agency for Global Media, Not Eliminate It To Save TikTok, ByteDance Must Go The dropping of two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August ...

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 ...

President Barack Obama was the first sitting U.S. president to visit Hiroshima in 2016. In a separate development, Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki has also announced plans to invite Trump to the city ...

In this series, The Asahi Shimbun traces the impact on children of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. Their stories are told through interviews with their families ...

"Let us work hand-in-hand to abolish nuclear weapons. No more Hiroshima. No more Nagasaki. No more hibakusha [the Japanese term for atomic bomb survivors. No more war." Kawase met Taniguchi in his ...

A woman who survived the bombings of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki recently chose to come out of the shadows and share her unique story. 94-year-old Fukui Kinuyo survived the bombings of both ...