It is an act of historical myopia to pretend that the atomic bombings were callous. They were the cost of hard-fought peace.

The Japanese city, on which America dropped the first atomic bomb near the end of World War II, is commemorating the ...

As Japan marks 80 years since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the country's postwar identity is shifting.

Mayor Kazumi Matsui called on leaders to heed the lessons of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and warned of the consequences of the ...

There will be nobody left to pass on this sad and painful experience in 10 years or 20 years,” said Minoru Suzuto, a ...

The United States dropped the world's first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945, during World War II.

The bombing of Hiroshima was a necessary evil to save lives and should remind us to always pursue the least-worst option when ...

Hiroshima on Wednesday marked the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city, with many aging ...

Kazumi Matsui said the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East meant a growing acceptance of nuclear weapons.

Pope Leo on Wednesday criticised the "illusory security" of the global nuclear deterrence system, in an appeal on the 80th ...