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ATOMIC BOMBINGS

Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Aug 5, 2015
Diary shows Eisenhower had misgivings about A-bomb attacks
A diary kept by a U.S. official has shown that two months after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, Dwight Eisenhower, then an Army general, expressed misgivings about what had happened, a U.S. think tank said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Aug 5, 2015
Enola Gay pilot Tibbets committed to president's orders, grandson says
Brig. Gen. Paul Tibbets, grandson of the U.S. Army Air Force pilot who flew the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945, has defended his grandfather's act, saying he was committed to the orders of the U.S. president at the time.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Aug 1, 2015
The top-secret flights that ended the war
Seventy years after the atomic bombings, time stands still on the Pacific island of Tinian.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Jul 29, 2015
Hiroshima tour guide uses homemade models to teach devastation of A-bomb
Volunteer guide Okihiro Terao tells tourists stories about the 1945 bombing of Hiroshima in front of the iconic Atomic Bomb Dome.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Jul 17, 2015
A-bomb survivor takes to Skype to relate experience to U.K. Parliament
An atomic bomb survivor on Thursday recounted what she experienced during the U.S. attack on Hiroshima and called for the abolition of nuclear weapons in comments made to members of the British Parliament via the Internet telephone service Skype.
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...
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
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's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Japan's average life expectancy rises for first time in three years
A decline in COVID-19-caused deaths likely helped boost the average life expectancy for Japanese men and women to rise for the first time in three years in 2023.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
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