A blinding light like thousands of strobe lights — that's how Toshiko Tanaka described the morning, 80 years ago today, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. On Aug. 6, 1945, the ...

Eighty years ago, in August 1945, the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were incinerated by the first and only use of nuclear weapons in war. By the end of that year, approximately 140,000 people had ...

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 ...

The first atomic bomb was dropped on the western city of Hiroshima by the US bomber Enola Gay, nicknamed "Little Boy" - Copyright AFP/File - The first atomic bomb was ...

The municipal assemblies of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are urging the government to maintain its three non-nuclear principles of ...

The only man to have survived Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs dies at 93. TOKYO, Jan. 6, 2010 -- The only person officially recognized as having been twice in the bull's eye of atomic bombs in ...

The documentary “Atomic People” will premiere at 10 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5, on New Mexico PBS, channel 5.1. It will also be available to stream on the PBS app. Aug. 6, 1945 — the day the United States ...

COMMENTARY: The intentional taking of an innocent life is always gravely wrong — in war or in peace — and Hiroshima forces us ...

Eighty years ago this week, the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan on Aug. 6, 1945. Three days later, another fell on the city of Nagasaki. Between 120,000 and 220,000 people died in the ...

The city assemblies of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have adopted statements urging the Japanese government to adhere to the country ...