“We are now ab0ut 2 hrs from bombs away,” Lewis, 26, wrote as the B-29 approached the Japanese city it was about to destroy. “The bomb is now alive. And it’s a funny feeling knowing it’s right in back ...

Eighty years ago this week, the world truly changed. The United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, followed three days later by the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.

Hiroshima is marking the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city. The bombing on Aug. 6, 1945, killed 140,000 people and a second bomb on Nagasaki (Aug. 9) killed ...

Debate is growing over plans to revise the country’s long-standing non-nuclear policy. Hibakusha groups fear Tokyo may ease restrictions on hosting nuclear weapons. They argue that the only nation to ...

On 5 February, the planet entered an even more precarious era of escalating nuclear risks. The expiration of a strategic-arms ...

When humans debate nuclear war, the conversation is shaped by history, trauma and the weight of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Hiroshima on Wednesday marked the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city, with many aging survivors expressing frustration about the growing ...

According to Kahana, the Iranian missiles have a warhead of about half a ton of explosives, and "if you take 30,000 such missiles, it is equivalent to the atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima." ...

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A man stands next to a tiled fireplace where a house once stood in Hiroshima, Japan, Sept. 7, 1945 (AP photo by Stanley Troutman). Eighty years ago this week, the world truly changed. The United ...