The area around the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima's Naka Ward is bustling with foreign tourists on Oct. 23, 2025. (Mainichi/Kenjiro Sato) HIROSHIMA -- A total of 64.74 million tourists including 4.22 ...

Hiroshima. This name is timelessly etched into global consciousness as the site of the world’s first atomic bombing – yet long rooted in the DNA of this southwestern region of Japan is also ...

Director James Cameron plans to bring Charles Pellegrino’s book ‘Ghosts of Hiroshima’ to the screen. It may prove to be his greatest challenge yet. Eighty years after the world’s only nuclear attack, ...

This year marks another solemn anniversary of the atomic bombings—80 years since the U.S. dropped nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Over 120 national representatives gathered in Hiroshima this ...

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HIROSHIMA, Japan, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Exactly 80 years since an atomic bomb was used in war for the first time, thousands bowed their heads in prayer in Hiroshima on Wednesday, as the city's mayor ...

Looking out over the skyline of Hiroshima, 96-year-old Junji Sarashina points out places from his childhood. "That was my grade school. Not too far from here," he tells his granddaughter, showing her ...

Roughly two hours before the United States bombing of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, Iowa pilot Paul Tibbets announced to his crew of the Enola Gay that they were carrying the "world's first atomic bomb." ...

The world should abandon nuclear deterrence, the mayor of Hiroshima has said at a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary since his city was destroyed by an American atomic bomb. Kazumi Matsui warned on ...

After discovering that his ancestors had been among those killed in the bombing of Hiroshima, photographer Will Matsuda embarked on a photo project offering tribute to them. The shadow of artist and ...

Hiroshima mayor warns against global military buildup U.S. and Russia hold 90% of nuclear warheads Nuclear attack survivors face discrimination, numbers fall below 100,000 HIROSHIMA, Japan, Aug 6 ...

Eighty years after the atomic bombing, some Japanese think that peace for peace’s sake is no longer enough. Eighty years after the atomic bombing, some Japanese think that peace for peace’s sake is no ...