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In a new book, “Hiroshima,” M.G. Sheftall interviews the youngest survivors of the 1945 attack, who share stories of what they saw and about their lives since.
Trudging through the ruins of Hiroshima after the US atom bombing four days before in 1945, five-year-old Masaki Hironaka ...
The number of survivors of the 1945 atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki has fallen below 100,000 for the first time, ...
According to the welfare ministry, the number of hibakusha with victim certificates stood at 99,130 as of the end of March, ...
In a new book, “Hiroshima,” M.G. Sheftall interviews the youngest survivors of the 1945 attack, who share stories of what they saw and about their lives since.
Reiko was 11 on 6 August 1945. It was a hot day in Hiroshima and she was playing with friends in a sandpit when they noticed a plane in the sky. As a bright light enveloped her, she remembers ...
Ms. Anju Niwata, a university student from Hiroshima, Japan, is working on the “Rebooting Memories" project, using artificial intelligence (AI) technology to colorize black-and-white photographs ...
Cameron is determined to recreate the WWII bombing of Japan with as much accuracy as possible. He added that the film will be ...
WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. As fears over global nuclear warfare rise once more, Hiroshima survivor Chieko Kiriake has ...
Shortly after the first atomic bomb ever used in warfare was dropped by the United States over the Japanese city of Hiroshima, survivors receive emergency treatment by military medics on Aug. 6, 1945.
These survivors, hibakusha in Japanese, have dedicated their lives to ridding the world of nuclear weapons. But to many Americans, the atomic bombs dropped on Japan are still a hazy part of history.
The Japanese grassroots group Nihon Hidankyo, an organization of World War II atomic bombing survivors, has won the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to create a world free of nuclear weapons.