3+ hour, 17+ min ago   (253+ words) NHK has learned that the atomic-bombed Japanese city of Nagasaki will permanently keep the meeting minutes of a committee that drafts an annual peace declaration to ensure that the city's experiences can be passed on. The city holds a peace…...

19+ hour, 29+ min ago   (150+ words) A memorial service has been held in the US state of Pennsylvania for an American prisoner of war who died in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Joseph Dubinsky, a B-24 bomber pilot, was initially believed to have died when his aircraft…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (302+ words) Thursday marks 81 years since an atomic bomb devastated Hiroshima. One of Japan's most monumental tragedies became a catalyst for decades of peace activism. People across the country will take a moment to pause and remember those who died. It was…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (902+ words) Twelve American prisoners of war died when their own country dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. An 8-year-old survivor of the blast would spend more than four decades ensuring they were not forgotten. That survivor was Mori Shigeaki. He died…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (244+ words) China has rejected Japan's concerns over a Chinese naval vessel conducting a live-fire drill in Japan's exclusive economic zone near its southernmost island. The Japanese government confirmed that on Sunday a Chinese missile destroyer carried out machine gun training within…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (211+ words) The Japanese Defense Ministry has confirmed that on Sunday a Chinese naval vessel conducted firing training with machine guns within Japan's exclusive economic zone around its southernmost island. The ministry said two missile destroyers and a supply ship from China's…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (247+ words) A Japanese group working to retrieve the remains of people who died in World War Two has started a test excavation in southern Taiwan. Delegates from the Japan Association for Recovery and Repatriation of War Casualties, along with local volunteers,…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (122+ words) Remembering US airmen executed in Fukuoka nhk.or.jp Remembering US airmen executed in Fukuoka An American woman visits Kyushu to honor her grandfather, an airman executed during WWII. She also meets families of the Japanese soldiers involved in the…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (70+ words) The final year of WWII. Germany and Japan are locked in their wars of attrition, and the Allied powers are driven to the brink. Humanity opens the gates of hell. World War II in 8K Part 4: Hell 1944-1945 The final year of…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (195+ words) Many people laid flowers on Wednesday in western Japan's Nara City, where former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo was fatally shot while delivering a campaign speech four years ago. The shooting took place near Yamato-Saidaiji Station on July 8, 2022. A man…...