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Nagasaki mayor warns of new threat of nuclear war as city marks 80 years since atomic bomb

The western Japanese city was levelled on Aug. 9, 1945, when the United States dropped a 10,000-pound plutonium-239 bomb, ...

Grandchildren of 2 men who experienced both A-bomb attacks in Japan work for peace 80 years later

Ari Beser’s grandfather was on the two American B-29 bombers that dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima ...
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Truman never ordered the use of the atomic bombs—but he did order atomic bombings to be stopped

On the 80th anniversaries of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, President Truman deserves credit for the first use of the atomic bomb in war. But he also deserves some credit for the fact that ...
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Nagasaki atomic bomb survivor calls on young people to inspire movement

The era of hibakusha themselves working to share their experiences and talking about nuclear weapons is coming to an end,' 93 ...

Japan’s aging atomic bomb survivors speak out against nuclear weapons

The number of survivors of the U.S. atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki is dwindling 80 years later, but they are ...

Filmmakers, San Francisco Japantown museum reflect on 80-years since first atomic bomb

Inside a tiny museum in San Francisco's Japantown, there is a powerful message about the atrocities of the atomic ...

Sobering simulation shows true devastation of Hiroshima atomic bomb 80 years on from tragedy

A Hiroshima atomic bomb simulation shows the extent of the damage done to the city 80 years ago when the Little Boy bomb was ...