Historians often suggest that America’s super-weapon forced Hirohito to surrender in 1945. Look closer, and the truth is more complex ...
Scientists have been building nuclear weapons for more than 80 years, but crafting this technology remains a challenge.
Donald Trump said nuclear weapons were the 'greatest threat to humanity', the deadliest one America has is much stronger than ...
After 52 months of studying atom-bomb damage to buildings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Atomic Energy Commission and the Department of Defense summed up their findings for the benefit of U.S ...
Hiroshima survivor and Nihon Hidankyo assistant secretary general Jiro Hamasumi won't rest until there are zero nuclear ...
The men are told they will be dropping a bomb with an explosive force ... 200,000 people were killed as a result of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. A timeline of the most ...
Nobel prize a timely reminder, Hiroshima locals say Japanese atomic bomb survivor group Nihon Hidankyo ... and subsequent related damage such as cataracts. A whirlwind of heat generated by the ...
Kimie Kishi smiles at an event celebrating 50 years of the "Kinoko-kai" group for those affected by atomic bomb microencephaly, in Hiroshima's Higashi Ward on June 27, 2015. (Mainichi) MIYOSHI ...
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum documenting the devastation caused by a U.S. atomic bomb in 1945 has welcomed 2 million visitors in the current fiscal year that started April, a record high since ...
Located inside Hiroshima Peace Park, the museum stores about 22,000 items that describe the damage caused by the ... is gaining momentum as Japanese atomic bomb survivors' group Nihon Hidankyo ...
After the presumed success of what an atomic bomb could do, military planners decided to use Hiroshima as the test ... above the ground for maximum damage, the bomb’s force caused a pressure ...
The city’s association with nuclear weapons has been underscored by the recent Nobel Peace Prize win by Nihon Hidankyo, a grass roots movement of atomic bomb survivors. But there are many things to ...