The bombs were ready by the summer of 1945. The Allies called for Japan to surrender in late July 1945, threatening "complete and utter destruction" otherwise. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were chosen ...

forcing Japan to concede defeat. The first bomb struck Hiroshima on August 6, followed by another on Nagasaki on August 9. Tsutomu Yamaguchi, though not widely known, was present on both islands ...

In the eighty years since of the atomic bombings of Japan dozens of opportunities to halt the macabre march of nuclear ...

A woman who survived the bombings of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki recently chose to come ... even after the hibakusha are gone. Here in Japan, young people like Miura are accepting that ...

The second A-bomb used in war, much less publicized but far more powerful than the first bomb dropped on Hiroshima ... First introduced to Japan at Nagasaki in 1946 by the American Military ...

But a day later, Japan responds ... that 200,000 people were killed as a result of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. A timeline of the most destructive global conflict in ...

The atomic bomb dropped by the United States on Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 1945, killed 70,000 people, three days after the bombing of Hiroshima killed 140,000. Japan surrendered on Aug. 15, 1945, ending ...

striking the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki toward the tail end of World War II. The bombings were justified as a way to accelerate the capitulation of the Empire of Japan. These ...

NAGASAKI—The district ... Plutonium derived from the atomic bomb was also detected in the three former villages. In a similar ruling in 2021, the Hiroshima High Court acknowledged that 84 ...

SPRINGDALE, Arkansas (KHBS, KHOG) — Survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings traveled thousands of miles to Arkansas, standing alongside members of the Marshallese community to share ...

History’s simple telling is that the United States unleashed the two most lethal weapons of World War Two or any other war ...

In 2025, let Hiroshima's story of resilience shape your Japan itinerary with this essential guide to the key attractions and ...