In the hold was an experimental bomb, codenamed Little Boy. The target: Hiroshima. In Hiroshima the air raid sirens had sounded twice that morning already. On both occasions the all clear followed ...

A moment of silence in Hiroshima When the bomb exploded above Hiroshima at 8:15 a.m., the heat and radiation from the blast devastated the city, killing about 140,000 people by the end of the year ...

HIROSHIMA—Hiroshima’s municipal board of education has decided to remove from its special teaching materials some parts of a famous manga series depicting the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. But ...

HIROSHIMA, Japan, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Almost eight decades after an atomic bomb devastated her home town of Hiroshima, Teruko Yahata carries the scar on her forehead from when she was knocked over ...

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 ...

HIROSHIMA, Japan, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Visitors to the memorial park for Hiroshima's atomic bombing said they hoped Friday's Nobel Peace Prize for Japan's atomic bomb survivors would boost efforts ...

The decision to use atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki has been considered the most important – and perhaps most controversial - event in twentieth-century history. It ushered in many of the major ...

People in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the two Japanese cities devastated by U.S. atomic bombings in the closing days of World War II, reiterated their call for peace Saturday, a day after Nihon ...

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HIROSHIMA, Japan – Almost eight decades after an atomic bomb devastated her home town of Hiroshima, Ms Teruko Yahata carries the scar on her forehead from when she was knocked over by the force ...

In Hiroshima Peace Park, Visitors Hope Nobel Win Will Boost Peace Efforts By Daniel Leussink and Irene Wang HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - Visitors to the memorial park for Hiroshima's atomic ...