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Hiroshima marks 80 years since atomic bombing as aging survivors worry about growing nuke threat
Hiroshima is marking the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city on Wednesday.
Pilots take off on friendship flight to commemorate 80th anniversary of atomic bombings of Japan
As they fly wing-to-wing over a vital spot in the development of the atomic bomb, a native of Japan and a former U.S.
Hiroshima wasn’t the first target for bombing: These Japanese cities were on the original nuke list
While Hiroshima was selected as a target for the nuclear bombing by the US, a few other key Japanese cities were the initial ...
‘This can’t happen again’: NC farm boy dropped atomic bomb on Japan 80 years ago
Bombardier Tom Ferebee talked with The Charlotte Observer for the 50th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima.
Meet the 12-year-old Hiroshima tour guide
Shun Sasaki has been offering free guided tours in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, where he hopes visitors will leave with an ...
Eighty years on, Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivors are still calling for peace
Eighty years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, ageing survivors are urging the world to remember what was lost – and to imagine a ...
Why Japan Is Rethinking Its Peace Vow
The country’s postwar Constitution is under scrutiny as Japan rebuilds its military, spooked by a rising China and other ...