NAGASAKI—For about four decades, Takeo Saito has been creating a map of the Shiroyamamachi 1 ... about 500 meters from ground zero. Saito was a student at the elementary school, but his family ...
Terumi Tanaka, co-chair of a group representing survivors of the US atomic bomb attacks in 1945 which was awarded this year’s ...
He says he went to ground zero and walked around the city for ... particularly on major anniversaries of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, but that it was completely taken by surprise this ...
Surprise attacks were their main concern, but they assumed that the existing warning systems and retaliatory capabilities ...
when the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, forcing Japan's surrender and ending World War II. The devastation was catastrophic: temperatures at ground zero reached ...
Last month, the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese group of atomic bomb survivors known for their powerful global activism. These survivors, hibakusha in Japanese ...
Taniguchi passed away in 2017 at the age of 88. The diplomats visited Hiroshima and Nagasaki through the U.N. Disarmament Fellowship Program, which trains disarmament experts in developing countries.
In Hiroshima, the atomic bomb leveled and incinerated about 70% of the city’s buildings. In Nagasaki, ground temperatures reached over 7,000 degrees Fahrenheit and radioactive rain fell from the ...
NAGASAKI--Along with getting their kicks out of watching pro soccer games, fans at the newly opened Nagasaki Stadium City here can enjoy a birds-eye view of the pitch from a zip line high in the ...
EXCLUSIVE: Here is the moving first U.S. trailer for Palestine’s Best International Film hopeful, From Ground Zero. The film is a collection of revealing stories from 22 Palestinian filmmakers ...