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Jiro Hamasumi, who was in his mother's womb when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945, told the United Nations on Wednesday he and other survivors will persist with their efforts to spare future generations the suffering caused by nuclear ...
Hiroshima museum displays new photos and possessions left by A-bomb victims
New displays of photos and personal belongings left by victims of atomic bombings were unveiled Wednesday at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. The museum's main building, where the new artifacts are being exhibited under the theme "Reality of the Atomic Bombing," was shown to the ...
A Nagasaki 13-year-old who is the granddaughter of an atomic bomb survivor will present a flame kept alight from the World War II bombing of Hiroshima to Pope Francis during a general audience on Wednesday. The "flame of peace," as it is called, is maintained ...
Is flashing the peace sign in front of the Hiroshima A-bomb memorial appropriate?
The newsroom of the Chugoku Shimbun recently received a letter of complaint from a 76-year-old whose daily ritual is to take a stroll around the Hiroshima Peace Memorial every morning. His complaint: tourists flashing the peace sign in front of the memorial. "Tourists are posing ...
Pope Francis considers delivering criticism of nuke production during Japan visit
Pope Francis is eager to deliver a message from one of Japan's two atomic-bombed cities that the making of nuclear weapons — not just their use or possession — is unethical, according to a Japanese Catholic source. The pope plans to visit Japan in November, ...
Back in blue: Restoration of Nagasaki's famous Peace Statue marking atomic bombing begins
A statue commemorating the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki began undergoing restoration Monday, with the city hoping to unveil it in its original blue in late March ahead of the August anniversary of the attack. The Peace Statue, a 9.7-meter bronze sculpture of a ...
Nagasaki educators rethink A-bomb teachings to broaden students' perspectives on WWII
Ideas are shifting about what constitutes the nebulously named concept of "peace education" in Nagasaki, the second city ever to suffer an atomic attack, as its educators look to create a new approach to learning about their city's difficult history. Educators say too much emphasis ...
Glass fragments embedded in Hiroshima hibakusha are grim reminders of the day the atom bomb dropped
Fragments of glass that pierced her skin as a result of the U.S.'s atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945 are still lodged in the right arm of Mineko Yonezawa, now age 86. She said the glass penetrated deep into her arm and muscles developed ...
Hibakusha Setsuko Thurlow, an iconic anti-nuclear activist who survived the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, has called on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to meet with people whose views differ with his own after she was unable to secure a meeting with the leader on ...
Hiroshima introduces interactive map to get tourists to visit A-bomb sites off the beaten path
Hiroshima has unveiled the Hiroshima Peace Tourism project, which includes an interactive map showing routes intended to help visitors view the city's many memorial sites beyond just the Atomic Bomb Dome in the Peace Memorial Park, the main and only destination for about half of ...
TV Asahi cancels performance of K-pop group BTS over member's Hiroshima A-bombing T-shirt
TV Asahi Corp. said Thursday it had canceled a live performance by K-pop group BTS amid a furor over a member having worn a controversial T-shirt, said by some to celebrate the use of atomic weapons against Japan during WWII. The controversy erupted over photos ...
Caroline Kennedy was in top form when she returned to Japan recently for a two-week visit. Following her arrival here on Oct. 25, the former ambassador's itinerary was nonstop. Highlights included her biking across the Seto Inland Sea in a race, Cycling Shimanami 2018, as ...
