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BOMBINGS

JAPAN / Politics
Jun 4, 2015
U.S. officials say planned A-bomb park will heed Japanese voices
U.S. officials drafting plans for a memorial park honoring its atomic bomb program in the 1940s say they will take Japanese sensitivities into account.
JAPAN
May 26, 2015
Japan to keep urging world leaders to visit Hiroshima, Nagasaki
Government officials said they will continue to seek support at international gatherings for Japan's proposal that world leaders visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki after a U.N. nuclear disarmament conference ended last week without issuing a consensus document.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Apr 6, 2015
Hiroshima river still yields debris on 100th anniversary of A-Bomb Dome's completion
Marking the 100th anniversary of the completion of the Hiroshima Commercial Exhibition Hall, which became known as both the Hiroshima Peace Memorial and the Atomic Bomb Dome, a group of students on Sunday retrieved debris from the 1945 atomic bombing in the Motoyasu River, which runs in front of the ruins.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 4, 2015
Japan, U.S. experts digitizing A-bomb archives
Japanese and American experts are exploring ways to put the data archives of a wartime study of A-bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki online.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 19, 2015
Fukushima disaster prompts woman to pass on father's stories about A-bomb
Born to parents exposed to radiation from the world's first atomic bombing — carried out by the United States on Hiroshima in 1945 — Mari Tamba said it is her responsibility to talk about the war to young people even though she did not directly experience it.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 17, 2015
Hiroshima mayor angry over Putin's nuclear weapons remark
Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui expressed anger over Russian President Vladimir Putin's remarks in a documentary broadcast Sunday that Moscow was ready to put its nuclear weapons on alert amid the crisis in Ukraine.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 16, 2015
Nagasaki hibakusha recalls struggle to dodge discrimination
Seventy years may have passed, but Nagasaki A-bomb survivor Katsuko Kanamori still suffers from the mental trauma caused by concealing her radiation exposure to avoid discrimination.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 25, 2015
Wave of bombings in Baghdad kills 37 people
A wave of bomb attacks around Baghdad killed 37 people and wounded dozens more on Tuesday, as at least seven explosions struck in or near the Iraqi capital, police and medical sources said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 24, 2014
Nigerian bombings kill almost 40 in two northeastern cities
At least 37 people were killed in bombings at a bus station and market in Nigeria's northeastern cities of Gombe and Bauchi, according to the police and Red Cross.
WORLD
Oct 22, 2014
Syria air force strikes 200 times in 36 hours, monitor says
The Syrian air force carried out more than 200 airstrikes around the country in the past 36 hours, a group monitoring the war said on Tuesday, a rapid increase in government raids as U.S.-led forces bomb Islamist insurgents elsewhere.
Japan Times
JAPAN / IMPERIAL ANNALS
Sep 9, 2014
Emperor Hirohito notified about Hiroshima A-bomb half day after
Emperor Hirohito received his first report on the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima from the Imperial Japanese Army about half a day after the blast on Aug. 6, 1945, the official record of his reign showed Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2014
Project underway to restage 1947 choir service in Hiroshima church
Christians in Hiroshima both young and old are practicing Handel's "Messiah" as they prepare to restage a choir service that was held at a church near the epicenter two years after the atomic bombing.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Aug 27, 2014
Hibakusha in Brazil seek more financial aid from Tokyo
Survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki who emigrated to Brazil after the end of the Pacific War are making last-ditch efforts to win the same level of support from the Japanese government as survivors residing in Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Aug 26, 2014
Famous panels depicting scenes after 1945 A-bombings to be exhibited in Washington
A famous series of large panels depicting the horrors of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki will be exhibited in the United States next year to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the attacks.
JAPAN
Aug 11, 2014
LDP member raps Nagasaki mayor
Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Masatada Tsuchiya criticizes Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue for referring to national security policy during his speech at the city's annual atomic bomb ceremony.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 10, 2014
Anti-nuke protesters bike around Washington on anniversary of Nagasaki atomic bombing
More than 100 cyclists gathered in Washington on the anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki to call for the abolition of nuclear weapons.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2014
Hiroshima marks 69th anniversary of atomic bombing
Hiroshima marked the 69th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing Wednesday, as survivors of the attack and others gathered at the city's Peace Memorial Park early in the morning to pay their respects and to attend an annual ceremony commemorating the event.
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2014
Full text of Hiroshima Peace Declaration 2014
Following is the full text of the Peace Declaration issued Wednesday by Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui during a ceremony to mark the 69th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima:
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2014
Yoko Ono asks youths to spread Hiroshima A-bomb peace message to world
Artist Yoko Ono on Wednesday urged youngsters gathered at a peace event in Hiroshima to help teach the world about the experiences of the city that was devastated by a U.S. atomic bomb on Aug. 6, 1945.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 28, 2014
Original 'Barefoot Gen' manga on atomic bombings goes on display
A gallery in Saitama Prefecture is holding a special exhibition of original drawings from a famous manga to mark the 69th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.

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