Although Chernobyl is the most well known, there are a host of other radioactive places in the world in countries including ...

The total area burned in the recent Los Angeles fires is comparable to that of the primary destruction zone of a strategic ...

Experience the beauty and tradition of Japan's Lantern Festivals with our guide to these breathtaking celebrations of light ...

The island of Tinian was used to launch U.S. bomber raids on Japan during World War II, including the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Takahashi in May this year visited a bridge in Hiroshima near the location where Tsuboi saw the atomic bomb dropped ... of hibakusha in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in English. What drove them in ...

Just off the coast of Nagasaki is Hashima Island, also called “Battleship Island,” a coal-mining location that grew ... far enough away from the atomic bomb site that it did not sustain ...

Today we present the first half of a two-part radio documentary from our friends at SF Public Press, “Exposed,” opening a window into the little-known history of the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard. The ...

Head west to Nagasaki Prefecture, where another vital chapter of Kyushu's history is revealed. While it may now seem synonymous with the 1945 atomic bombing ... Another location where you can ...

I’d like to explore the forgetfulness of humanity and the time the United States accidentally misplaced a hydrogen bomb — oops.

(Kyodo) MAEBASHI (Kyodo) -- A 95-year-old atomic bomb survivor who lost five family members in the 1945 Nagasaki blast is making her anti-war presence felt on social media, where she has gained a ...

Japan's long wait of 15 years for a BSL-4 lab to study deadly viruses got longer after public opposition to the setup at ...