In March 1945, U.S. Army Air Forces intensified their strategic bombing campaign over Japan. Instead of flying high-altitude ...

Nearly one-fifth of Japan’s hibakusha, as survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and ... Last month then-Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, a Hiroshima native who represents the area in ...

The survivors of the bombings — more than 100,000 ... receiving the Nobel in Chemistry. Eisaku Sato: During his tenure as Japan’s prime minister, Mr. Sato was awarded the 1974 Peace Prize ...

For decades, Americans have been able to keep a comfortable distance from the disturbing visuals captured after the dropping ...

A man threw Molotov cocktails at the Liberal Democratic Party's headquarters, hitting a car and setting a brief blaze.

In their congratulatory messages, neither Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ... in Nagasaki were exposed to radiation ...

In 2022, Japan was shaken by the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who had held the office longer than anyone else. The following year, a man threw a pipe bomb at Fumio Kishida ...

Nihon Hidankyo, an organization of survivors of the two U.S. atomic bombings, became the first Japanese recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 50 years since the late Prime Minister Eisaku Sato was ...

Discrimination Still Haunts Japan's Nobel-Winning A-Bomb Survivors By Daniel Leussink ... Last month then-Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, a Hiroshima native who represents the area in parliament ...

Nihon Hidankyo, an organization of survivors of the two U.S. atomic bombings, became the first Japanese recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 50 years since the late Prime Minister Eisaku Sato was ...