National Jul 25, 2021
Petition calls for atomic bomb victims to be remembered during Olympics
The petition proposes that athletes and people from around the globe observe a moment of silence at 8:15 a.m. on Aug. 6.
National Jul 16, 2021
IOC's Bach visits Hiroshima amid protests in bid to promote peace
Some survivors of the city's 1945 atomic bombing and local citizens said the visit was politically motivated.
National Jul 15, 2021
IOC president's Hiroshima visit fuels speculation about his true intent
by Eric Johnston
A trip that's officially being made to send a message of peace has instead stirred controversy amid the pandemic and raised questions about Thomas Bach's real purpose.
National / Crime & Legal Jul 14, 2021
84 victims of atomic bombing 'black rain' eligible for aid, court rules
The court ruled they should receive the same benefits as those provided to atomic bomb survivors living in the zone where Japan recognized that black rain fell.
National Jul 14, 2021
IOC chief Thomas Bach to visit Hiroshima despite calls for cancellation
Civic groups argue that the visit is politically motivated — taking advantage of a city that promotes world peace and thus "dishonoring" survivors of the bombing.
National Jul 7, 2021
First meeting on U.N. treaty banning nukes to discuss disarmament within 10 years
Talks at the initial meeting of parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, set for January, will focus on stopping nuclear-armed states from expanding stockpiles.
National Jun 27, 2021
IOC chief and Olympic No. 2 eye visits to Hiroshima and Nagasaki next month
With the planned visit to the two atomic-bombed cities, the two IOC leaders are likely to call for promoting peace as questions linger over holding the Tokyo Games amid the pandemic.
Culture Jun 3, 2021
Exhibition commemorating Japanese A-bomb sites opens in Australia
The displays include one of four paper cranes made by U.S. President Barack Obama on his visit to Hiroshima in 2016.
Commentary / Japan May 12, 2021
When a WWII bombardier found his humanity
by Cesar Chelala
When we talked that day, I learned much about my friend’s actions during the war — conduct that made me admire him even more than I did before.
National / History | JAPAN TIMES GONE BY May 2, 2021
While on tour in Europe a century ago, the man who would become Emperor Hirohito delivers a speech on world peace.
National | Regional Voices: Hiroshima Apr 5, 2021
At the heart of his unusual connection with Japan is one local medical practitioner whom he feels forever indebted to.
National Mar 21, 2021
Japanese fisherman exposed to 1954 U.S. nuclear test dies of pneumonia at 87
Matashichi Oishi was among the fishermen exposed to nuclear fallout when the United States conducted its largest-ever nuclear weapons test at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands in 1954.