On August 6, 1945, the US bomber Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb ever used in military combat on the Japanese city of ...

In the wake of the blast, these eerie shadows were left etched into surfaces across the city—almost like a photo negative of ...

As Japan marks 80 years since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the country's postwar identity is shifting.

Many aging Hiroshima survivors express frustration over growing global support for nuclear weapons as deterrence.

A World War Two veteran has been presented with a letter of thanks by the first minister of Wales.

In a talk in Hiroshima, Japan, as part of a Pilgrimage of Peace coinciding with the 80 th anniversaries of the United States ...

The Doomsday Clock moves closer to midnight as analysts debate nuclear deterrence effectiveness amid rising tensions with Russia over Ukraine and China's arsenal expansion.

Toshiyuki Mimaki, 83, was just a toddler when the ‘Little Boy’ bomb exploded above the southern Japanese city, decimating huge swathes of the city and killing upwards of 140,000 people.

People pray for the atomic bomb victims in front of the Memorial Cenotaph ahead of the memorial service to mark the 80th anniversary of the WWII U.S. atomic bombing in Hiroshima, Wednesday, Aug. 6, ...

Kazumi Matsui said the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East meant a growing acceptance of nuclear weapons.

A Japanese play exploring the conflicted emotions of a young woman who survives the Aug. 6, 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima ...

Today marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, when 70,000 people were killed instantly. By the end of 1945, the final death toll reached 140,000.