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BOMBINGS

Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Feb 24, 2020
Hiroshima museum showing rare color footage taken soon after atomic bombing
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum is showing newly obtained color footage filmed shortly after the U.S. atomic bombing in August 1945.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / Regional Voices: Kyushu
Feb 10, 2020
Rediscovery of study on Nagasaki atomic bomb blast spotlights pioneering work by Kamekichi Sugimoto
A comparative study report on the development of child survivors of atomic blasts and those unexposed to radiation by the first chair of the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Survivors Council, Kamekichi Sugimoto, who died in 1979 at 77, has been discovered in the city of Nagasaki. The documents were retrieved from...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 5, 2020
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to visit Hiroshima in August
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday he will visit Hiroshima in August for the 75th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 6, 2020
U.N. chief intends to visit Hiroshima during Tokyo Olympics
U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said he intends to visit Hiroshima in August a few days before attending the closing ceremony for the Tokyo Olympics, instead of the opening ceremony, sources close to the matter said Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 18, 2019
Hiroshima hibakusha and a father of 3/11 tsunami victim among Tokyo Olympic torchbearers
A father who lost his 12-year-old daughter in the 2011 tsunami, a centenarian A-bomb survivor and a group of people who missed their chance to participate in the last Tokyo Olympics torch relay due to a typhoon are among those tapped to carry the Olympic flame ahead of next year's Summer Games.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 14, 2019
Two buildings that survived the A-bomb in Hiroshima to be demolished despite opposition
The two red brick structures about 3 km from the hypocenter are among the biggest left but said to be at risk of failing in an earthquake.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 13, 2019
Shikoku court rejects fishermen's appeal over 1954 hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll
The Takamatsu High Court on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling that rejected a claim by former tuna fishermen and bereaved relatives for state compensation over the 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 21, 2019
With visit to Japan, Pope Francis will fulfill decades-old dream of teaching the faith in Japan
Pope Francis' trip to Japan this weekend might fulfill a wish he gave up on decades ago as a young man in South America.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 21, 2019
Hibakusha cardinal who broke silence after pope's 1981 visit pins high hopes on Francis in Hiroshima
Many Japanese are looking forward to Pope Francis' visit to Japan on Saturday, including Shoji Fukahori, an 82-year-old Christian priest and hibakusha in Hiroshima.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Nov 19, 2019
'Devastating memories': Author uses book aimed at youth to preserve hibakusha mom's legacy
The late Toshiko Ishikawa Hilliker, a Hiroshima native who immigrated to the United States about 15 years after World War II, started to open up later in life about being a hibakusha who lived through the decimation of her home city on Aug. 6, 1945.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2019
A 70-year fight: Hiroshima survivor Setsuko Thurlow's quest for the abolition of nuclear weapons
On the morning of Aug. 6, 1945, 13-year-old Setsuko Nakamura was on the second floor of a wooden building in Hiroshima with her classmates when a blue flash of light engulfed her.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 11, 2019
Exhibition about Japanese American A-bomb victims opens at Los Angeles museum
An exhibition featuring the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki opened Saturday in Los Angeles, telling the stories of Japanese Americans who were in the two cities when the bombs were dropped in August 1945.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 11, 2019
A-bomb survivor Toshiki Fujimori urges nuclear haves and have-nots to join hands on abolition
Hibakusha Toshiki Fujimori called for nuclear states and non-nuclear states to cooperate on abolishing atomic weapons as a meeting on the subject was held at U.N. headquarters in New York on Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 27, 2019
Hiroshima A-bomb survivor's daughter seeks nuclear ban treaty as five more nations ratify
The daughter of a Hiroshima atomic-bomb survivor on Thursday pushed for a treaty banning nuclear weapons, which five countries ratified, at an event marking the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Sep 2, 2019
American pacifist's little-known legacy lives on in A-bombed cities
Mitsuo Baba is still grateful to an American who dedicated himself to building homes for A-bomb survivors in Nagasaki, one of two cities destroyed by the terrifying weapons in World War II.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Aug 10, 2019
Nagasaki magazine recording testimonies of hibakusha marks 50th anniversary
A magazine that documents the testimonies of the Nagasaki hibakusha and disseminates messages against war and nuclear weapons marked its 50th anniversary Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 10, 2019
Hiroshima and Nagasaki struggle to find way forward as frustration grows over Japan's inaction on nuke ban treaty
As their cities marked the 74th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings, the mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki this week used their annual peace declarations to heap pressure on the central government to join a U.N. treaty banning nuclear weapons.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2019
Nagasaki mayor echoes Hiroshima call to sign U.N. nuclear arms treaty on A-bomb anniversary
Nagasaki marked the 74th anniversary Friday of the atomic bombing of the city, with Mayor Tomihisa Taue using the memorial ceremony to call on the government to immediately sign a U.N. treaty banning nuclear weapons.
JAPAN
Aug 7, 2019
Cross recovered following atomic bombing returned to Nagasaki cathedral
A wooden cross recovered from the ruins of Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki in the aftermath of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing was returned to the Catholic cathedral from the United States on Wednesday.
EDITORIALS
Aug 7, 2019
World no closer to 'nuclear-free' goal, 74 years on
The government should show what concrete actions it plans to take to realize 'a world free of nuclear weapons.'
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
China’s economic growth comes in worse than expected
Pedestrians in the Wangfujing shopping area in Beijing on July 11, 2024. China's economic growth in the second quarter was lower than forecast, adding pressure on Chinese leaders to lift confidence at the Chinese Communist Party's third plenum this week.
Kansai airports to increase takeoff and landing slots ahead of Osaka Expo
Kansai International Airport in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture. The upper limit on the number of takeoff and landing slots at the airport as well as Kobe Airport in Hyogo Prefecture will be raised in spring next year ahead of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

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