Commentary / Japan Sep 4, 2018
Use the moral authority of Hiroshima
by Ramesh Thakur
Geopolitical tensions have spiked across the world. No arms control negotiations are currently under way to reduce global nuclear stockpiles.
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National Aug 31, 2018
Student peace ambassadors from Japan earlier this week called for the abolition of nuclear weapons at a reception in Geneva. In front of about 60 foreign diplomats at an event hosted by the Japanese delegation on the sidelines of the Conference on Disarmament, the 20 ...
National Aug 31, 2018
English-speaking storyteller to visit Portugal and relay Nagasaki hibakusha experience
by Noriyuki Suzuki
Mutsuko Yoshida is eager to gather as many details and facts as possible as a storyteller. But when it comes to accounts of hibakusha, she knows a certain line has to be drawn. As she gathers stories by talking with atomic bomb survivors, Yoshida understands ...
National Aug 14, 2018
Photographer using project to pass on experiences of A-bomb survivors through family portraits
A 36-year-old female photographer is passing on the stories of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by taking family photos of third-generation survivors. Since 2015, Hiroshima resident Hiroko Doune has photographed over 70 families with third-generation hibakusha, whose grandparents were survivors of ...
Editorials Aug 10, 2018
How can we continue with a policy that we cannot explain to our next generation?
National Aug 6, 2018
Grandchildren of hibakusha and B-29 crewman unite to press for nuclear-free world
The granddaughter of a survivor of the atomic bombings in both Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the grandson of the only U.S. serviceman who flew on both atomic bomb missions, have recognized each other's peace activities and share a determination to call for the abolition ...
National / History Aug 6, 2018
Patrons recall Hiroshima beer hall that survived A-bombing to bring relief to survivors
Hiroshima Parco, a commercial facility popular with young people that's located in Hiroshima's Naka Ward, has some old tiles embedded in its walls. Few people know that the tiles used to be a part of an outer wall of a popular beer parlor that ...
Issues | LEARNING CURVE Aug 1, 2018
60 years after Sadako Sasaki's death, the story behind Hiroshima's paper cranes is still unfolding
by Peter Chordas
Young A-bomb victim's message resonates globally thanks largely to her classmates, who turned the origami bird into an icon of peace.
National Aug 1, 2018
Japanese anti-nuclear group to send fact-finding mission to North Korea
A leading Japanese anti-nuclear group will send a delegation to North Korea next month tasked with obtaining information about survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the organization said Wednesday. The mission, the first in a decade by the Japan Congress ...
National Jul 28, 2018
Majority of A-bomb survivors want Japan to sign U.N. nuke ban treaty
In addition to the 81 percent who want the government to join the treaty, over 60 percent still refuse to discuss the horrific experience.
National Jun 29, 2018
U.N. chief Guterres may visit Nagasaki to mark 73rd anniversary of 1945 atomic bombing
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is considering attending the annual commemoration of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, according to diplomatic sources. It would be the first time for a U.N. secretary-general to attend the Aug. 9 anniversary. In 2010 Guterres' predecessor, Ban Ki Moon, became the ...
National Jun 13, 2018
A-bomb survivors hail North Korea's vow on 'complete denuclearization'
Survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have welcomed North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's commitment for "complete denuclearization" of the Korean Peninsula, calling it a major step toward achieving a nuclear-free world. At their historic summit on Tuesday in Singapore, Kim and ...