1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (416+ words) TOKYO - An exhibition currently being held in Tokyo traces the history of Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors, to commemorate the 70th year since its founding and shine light on its existence. The exhibition is open to the…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (1115+ words) On August 6, 1945, a 10-foot-long uranium bomb that weighed 9,788 pounds called "Little Boy" was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion wiped out 5 square miles of the city, including 62,000 buildings. As many as 80,000 people are estimated to have been…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (283+ words) NHK has learned that a documentary film showing Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the immediate aftermath of the August 1945 atomic bombings contains scenes with a wider field of view than previously known. The documentary "Effects of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (392+ words) BREAKING: 24 dead, others hospitalised after consuming suspected herbal drink in Ondo Japanese baseball great and Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor Isao Harimoto has died at the age of 86. Harimoto died at a hospital in Tokyo on Wednesday, according to Japanese media…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (82+ words) August 22, 2026 at 07:00 JST Joseph Dubinsky (Provided by Robert Tatalovich) HIROSHIMA—An American man whose uncle died in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima visited for the first time this year, retracing his uncle’s final days and imagining how his life ended…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (340+ words) Great Day For The Brahmans. A crowd close to 2000 witnessed Brahman’s resounding 36-6 victory over Bowen Pirates and its passage through to the Grand Finals in Townsville, which included Sean Padden’s hat trick of tries. Glenden stole the reserve grade over…...