Of course, their words rarely are. For me, I confess, these concerns are simpler, as I have an extremely intimate ...

At 8:15 a.m.—as survivors still remember—came a flash of light, followed by a shock wave that blew people and buildings apart ...

Michiko believes that Akiko’s death was due to genetic mutations caused by the atomic bomb, as well as the cancer that took ...

The Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, a former base for atomic bomb testing, has lead to a cluster of health issues.

During WWII, five bombers stood out for their strategic impact: the American B-29 Superfortress, famed for firebombing Tokyo ...

HIROSHIMA, Japan >> Having survived the atomic bomb that flattened his hometown of Hiroshima when he was nine months old, Kunihiko Sakuma has never forgotten the stain it left on him in the eyes of ...

The first nuclear bomb test, conducted in 1945, set off an international arms race that included nuclear testing. But how ...

Terumi Tanaka was 13 years old at the time of the Nagasaki bombing, which claimed the lives of five of his relatives.

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A self-inflicted tragedy: that was Japan’s experience in the Second World War. When the U.S. finally dropped an atomic bomb ...

Used to contain, memorialise and ward off nuclear disaster, concrete is the primary building material of the atomic age | ...

Many of the group’s members are hibakusha, survivors of the August 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and they’re getting on in years. M.G. Sheftall uses the witness of men and ...