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ATOMIC BOMBINGS

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.
JAPAN
Jul 26, 2014
WWII 'pumpkin bomb' victims remembered in Osaka ceremony
A memorial ceremony was held Saturday in Osaka to honor victims of the "pumpkin bombs" that were dropped on cities in preparation for the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, which hastened the end of World War II.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 24, 2014
Nagasaki bomb museum shows 26 new photos
The Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum is exhibiting 26 recently discovered photographs taken a year and four months after the bomb was dropped on Aug. 9, 1945.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 6, 2014
Enola Gay pilot's log auctioned for $86,500
The flight log of Paul Tibbets, the pilot of the U.S. B-29 bomber that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, sold for $86,500 (about ¥8.87 million) during an auction of World War II memorabilia in New York on Thursday.
JAPAN
Jan 28, 2014
U.S. posts medical info on A-bombs
The U.S. Energy Department has made available online a report about the medical effects of the August 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, according to a Japanese scholar.
JAPAN
Aug 21, 2013
Hiroshima, Nagasaki warn Obama on plutonium tests
The mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki separately sent letters of protest to President Barack Obama on Tuesday after the United States revealed it had conducted an experiment using plutonium to examine the capabilities of nuclear weapons between April and June.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2013
Artist raises awareness of tragedy through video display in Bosnian town
Artist Saeri Kiritani decided to take part in an exhibition at a nuclear shelter in Bosnia-Herzegovina as she believes it is her responsibility, as a national of the only country to ever come under atomic attack, to raise global awareness of the tragedies that hit the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2013
Hiroshima history, horror ingrained: ex-reporter
Mona Nakanishi, a TV celebrity from Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, believed until she moved to Tokyo that children across Japan came to school every Aug. 6 to offer prayers for victims of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2013
Mayor skeptical of Abe vow at Nagasaki rites to seek end to nuclear arms
Nagasaki mayor Tomihisa Taue remains critical of Abe government's inaction, despite prime minister's pledge to abolish nuclear weapons.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2013
Ballerina Morishita still dancing for world peace
Leading ballet dancer Yoko Morishita, who was born in Hiroshima three years after the city's atomic bombing, says her mission is to dance for peace.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 8, 2013
Film director Stone dismisses U.S. A-bomb claim as 'tremendous lie'
American film director Oliver Stone has challenged the commonly held U.S. perception that the 1945 atomic bombing of Japan ended World War II — saving a huge number of American lives in the process — as "a tremendous lie" during his visit to Hiroshima through Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2013
Censored at first, memoirs penned by teen Nagasaki A-bomb survivor revived
A diary written by a 14-year-old girl after she was caught up in the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 1945, is regarded as one of the most telling memoirs of the event.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 31, 2013
Hiroshima, Nagasaki differ on urging Japan to oppose nuke weapon use
Hiroshima and Nagasaki will adopt differing approaches in urging the government to join a group of countries endorsing a statement against the use of nuclear weapons in upcoming events to mark the 1945 atomic bombings, according to their mayors.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 25, 2013
'Barefoot Gen' marks 40th birthday
"Hadashi no Gen" ("Barefoot Gen"), a manga series by the late Keiji Nakazawa, marks the 40th anniversary of its publication this year, reminding both child and adult readers alike of the horrors of nuclear warfare.
JAPAN
Jun 12, 2013
Aussie POW, 93, to receive A-bomb health-care certificate
The city of Nagasaki will issue a special health-care certificate usually reserved for U.S. A-bomb survivors to a former Australian prisoner of war, an official said Tuesday.

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