ON her sixth birthday 80 years ago, Shizuko Nishio clung to her mother as US B-29 bombers started a firestorm that turned ...

But what happened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and what were the events that led to the attacks? Tensions between the US and Japan had been growing for decades before the Second World War.

In this series, The Asahi Shimbun traces the impact on children of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. Their stories are told through interviews with their families ...

The first hit Hiroshima on August 6, and three days later, another was dropped on Nagasaki. Codenamed "Fat Man" because of its round shape, the second bomb was much more powerful than the first.

They will be flying in the early morning, but the crew still do not know which of three cities will be their target: Hiroshima, Kokura or Nagasaki. Tibbets and bombardier Tom Ferebee have ...

St. Paul and Nagasaki, Japan. This was the first relationship of its kind between U.S. and Japanese (or any Asian) cities.

A woman who survived the bombings of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki recently chose to come out of the shadows and share her unique story. 94-year-old Fukui Kinuyo survived the bombings of both ...

A call for applications for the Nuclear History Summer Camp 2025: Hiroshima Special Edition hosted from September 6 to ...

On Monday, LA Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani took a moment to remember one of the darkest days in Japan’s history. The devastating impact of the 3/11 disaster remains the biggest tragedy Japan has seen ...

The number of visitors to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum documenting the devastation caused by the U.S. atomic bombing ...

Japan’s three historic nuclear events — the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the closing days of World War II and ...