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BOMBINGS

JAPAN
Apr 13, 2016
Bruneian who survived Hiroshima bombing dies
A Bruneian survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima died Monday at his home in Brunei, his son said Wednesday. He was 92.
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
Apr 11, 2016
Hiroshima A-bomb survivor urges G-7 foreign ministers to help rid world of nukes
A 78-year-old atomic bomb survivor of Hiroshima who has worked as a translator and peace activist for some 35 years is calling on the Group of Seven foreign ministers to face the terror of nuclear weapons and have the determination to abolish them.
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.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 11, 2016
Kishida to visit France and Italy ahead of G-7 talks in Japan
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida plans to make a three-day visit to France and Italy from March 19 for talks with his counterparts in the two countries ahead of the Group of Seven foreign ministers' meeting in April in Hiroshima, a government source said Friday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 1, 2016
Japan settles for ¥1.1 million payment to Dutch ex-POW, 95, denied hibakusha care
The central government has agreed in a court-mediated settlement to pay ¥1.1 million in compensation to a Dutchman who survived the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki as a prisoner of war, his lawyers said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 22, 2016
Court orders Nagasaki to recognize 10 of 161 plaintiffs as A-bomb survivors
The Nagasaki District Court has accepted the claims of 10 plaintiffs seeking official recognition as atomic-bomb survivors eligible for special assistance.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 14, 2015
'Hibaku' rice grown to recall horror of atomic bombing
Hibaku rice tasseled again this year in various parts of Japan as a "living witness" to the horror of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki 70 years ago.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 8, 2015
U.N. passes Japan-led motion to abolish nuclear arms that includes invitation to visit A-bomb cities
Although it lacked the backing of the United States and other major nuclear powers, a Japan-sponsored draft resolution calling for the abolition of nuclear arms and encouraging people to visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki was formally adopted by the U.N. General Assembly.
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.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Nov 23, 2015
A-bomb victim's paper crane donated to Truman library in U.S.
A paper crane made by Japanese girl Sadako Sasaki, an iconic victim of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, has been donated to a Missouri library housing documents of late President Harry Truman, who authorized the attack.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Nov 18, 2015
Permanent A-bomb exhibit opens at U.N. office in Vienna
With this year marking the 70th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the U.N. Office in Vienna has put on permanent display objects and photos related to the horror of nuclear weapons to push for their elimination.
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.
JAPAN
Oct 15, 2015
A-bomb survivors in South Korea to seek UNESCO Memory of World listing
South Korean survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki plan to have documents related to their ordeals registered in the Memory of the World register, a UNESCO archive, a group that promotes their rights said Thursday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 11, 2015
U.S. reluctant over possibility of Hiroshima hosting 2016 G-7 summit, official says
The United States told Japan that it had been reluctant about the possibility of Hiroshima hosting next year's Group of Seven summit out of concern about reactions by Americans, a U.S. government official said Sunday.
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.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2015
Survivors' memoirs gain new significance 70 years after atomic bombings
Michiko Hattori, 86, calls herself an "obscure" atomic bomb survivor with no special writing skills. But the 70th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of Japan this year unexpectedly brought her a chance to publish her life story afresh.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Sep 28, 2015
Conductor sings praises of hibakusha peace choir
Chansonnier Kazumichi Terai has been directing a choir of Nagasaki atomic bomb survivors for more than a decade, hoping to convey their wishes for global peace and a nuclear-free world.

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