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Nagasaki pleads for peace as nuclear shadow looms ever larger | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
9+ min ago (404+ words) By RYO IKEDA/ Staff Writer August 10, 2026 at 12:37 JST Doves are released in front of the Peace Statue during the memorial ceremony in Nagasaki’s Peace Park on Aug. 9, the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing. (Toshiyuki Hayashi) NAGASAKI—Nagasaki marked the…...
Essex prisoner of war recounts how he killed Japanese captor on VJ Day
46+ min ago (1798+ words) Horrific treatment-Allied soldiers were starved, tortured and forced to do back-breaking work in Japanese Prisoner of War Camps (Image: getty images) As VJ Day is marked across Europe on August 15, there will be the usual reflection on one of history’s…...
Sopwith Camel??? History, Specs, Photos & the WWI Ace-Maker
1+ hour, 30+ min ago (1075+ words) The iconic British First World War fighter: a short, twitchy, rotary-engined biplane named for the “hump” over its twin Vickers guns. Vicious to the unwary and supremely agile in the right hands, it is commonly credited with shooting down more…...
Japanese Human Experiments with Animal Blood Confirmed; 9-Year-Old Child Also Died
3+ hour, 1+ min ago (304+ words) Published 10 Aug.2026 09:45(KST) Updated 10 Aug.2026 10:48(KST) Claims that the Japanese Empire conducted human experiments, such as injecting animal blood from horses and cattle into patients—including children—during the Second Sino-Japanese War have been confirmed as fact. There were fatalities…...
Mission accomplished: Canonsburg ceremony reunites piece of bomber plane with WWII veteran
1+ hour, 2+ min ago (963+ words) Aug. 6 marked the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Among the more than 70,000 people killed that day were 12 American prisoners of war. One of those prisoners was 1st Lt. Joseph Dubinsky, 26, of Washington, the pilot of…...
Nagasaki remembers 81st anniversary of US bombing
1+ hour, 2+ min ago (525+ words) TOKYO -- Nagasaki marked on Sunday the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern city, as the mayor called nuclear weapons "absolute evil," denounced growing support for nuclear deterrence and called on the Japanese government to adhere to its three…...
World War II ships emerging in Danube River
1+ hour, 1+ min ago (306+ words) PRAHOVO, Serbia -- Water levels on the Danube River, the second longest in Europe, have dropped so low because of drought that the hulks of dozens of World War II German warships are emerging into view. They are a curious distraction…...
Moscow: Tokyo Betrays History by Ignoring Washington's Responsibility for Hiroshima Bombings
7+ hour, 29+ min ago (100+ words) saba.ye - Russia: 5 killed, 25 injured in Ukrainian overnight attack on Belgorod - Palestinian Prisoners' Authority: Death toll among Palestinian prisoners rises to 328 - Israeli enemy attacks in Al-Mughayyir, Ramallah, and east of Qalqilya - Russian Defense Ministry: Railway equipment used to supply Ukrainian…...
Nagasaki marks 81st anniversary of atomic bomb as nuclear war fears rise - AOL
1+ hour, 54+ min ago (578+ words) Residents of the Japanese city of Nagasaki commemorated the 81st anniversary of the U.S. dropping the atomic bomb on Sunday as fears of nuclear war continue to dominate the political landscape. It was reported that this year, the anniversary coincided with Japanese…...
81 Years After the Atomic Bomb, Nagasaki Mayor Warns of Rising Risk of Nuclear War
2+ hour, 12+ min ago (609+ words) Eight decades after the atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Mayor Shiro Suzuki warned that the risk of war using nuclear weapons is growing. Kyodo News, quoted on Monday, August 10, reported that Suzuki delivered the warning in a Peace Declaration…...