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A VE-VJ 80th anniversary commemoration was organised by the Coulter family and Friends of Killymoon Castle, Cookstown, as ...
Even Hiroshima’s Pacifist Cause Is Losing Believers Eighty years after the atomic bombing, some Japanese think that peace for peace’s sake is no longer enough.
After discovering that his ancestors had been among those killed in the bombing of Hiroshima, photographer Will Matsuda embarked on a photo project offering tribute to them.
Eighty years after the city’s destruction, we seem to be blundering into a new age of nuclear perils. It is time for culture to rediscover “the courage to be afraid.” ...
Thousands bowed their heads in prayer in Hiroshima on Wednesday, as the city's mayor warned world leaders about the nuclear warheads that still exist.
On August 6, 1945, the US bomber Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb ever used in military combat on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
Hiroshima marks 80 years since atomic bombing Looking out over the skyline of Hiroshima, 96-year-old Junji Sarashina points out places from his childhood. "That was my grade school.
Asia-Pacific Hiroshima pauses in silence to mark 80 years since world’s first atomic bombing By Alex Wilson Stars and Stripes • August 6, 2025 ...
When Iowa pilot Paul Tibbets redirected the B-29 after dropping an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the taste of metal lingered in his mouth from radiation.
But as we remember the first use of atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we should reflect on the world that emerged over the last 80 years—and the world moving forward.
In the absence of special events, the plane that bombed Hiroshima will quietly remain on display at the National Air & Space Museum's airport annex.
The world should abandon nuclear deterrence, the mayor of Hiroshima has said at a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary since his city was destroyed by an American atomic bomb.