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ATOMIC BOMBINGS

Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Apr 13, 2016
White House offers fresh hints on possible visit to Hiroshima by Obama
Tokyo keeps quiet in the wake of new signals, giving Washington time to test the reaction of the U.S. public.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 13, 2016
Hiroshima survivors look to Obama visit for disarmament, not apology
Progress on ridding the world of nuclear weapons, not an apology, is what Hiroshima would want from a visit by U.S. President Barack Obama to the city wiped out in the U.S. atomic bombing 71 years ago, survivors and other residents said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 11, 2016
G-7 ministers adopt Hiroshima Declaration hoping to add momentum to nonproliferation movement
The Group of Seven foreign ministers conclude a historic two-day meeting in Hiroshima that saw them discuss the goal of global nuclear disarmament in the first city destroyed by an atomic bomb.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 9, 2016
G-7 foreign ministers to weigh nuclear future at Hiroshima meeting
The G-7 foreign ministers' summit taking place in Hiroshima carries a symbolic meaning as it offers an opportunity for world leaders to be reminded of the horrors of nuclear arms.
COMMENTARY / Japan / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
Dec 4, 2015
Stimson's love of Kyoto saved it from A-bomb
The glories of Kyoto impressed Henry Stimson, and the decisions he made decades later as the U.S. secretary of war.
COMMENTARY / Japan / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
Oct 28, 2015
Who saved Kyoto from the atomic hellfire?
Many Americans have been given credit for sparing Kyoto from bombings, both conventional and atomic, during World War II, but it turns out that an old secretary of war was responsible.
EDITORIALS
Oct 4, 2015
It's time for world to ratify CTBT
The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty still hasn't come into force, and all countries everywhere should do everything they can to get the remaining eight key nations on board.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2015
Grandson of atomic bomb crewman writes of hibakusha horrors
The grandson of a U.S. serviceman who flew on both planes that dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 has devoted himself to a project almost unimaginable 70 years ago: spreading the stories of horror experienced by the hibakusha.

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