A Japanese civic group advocating for nuclear abolition has held an event in Tokyo to mark five years to the day since the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons took effect on January 22, 2021.

Terumi Tanaka, co-chair of the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, said they are 'committed to building the movement' for nuclear abolition this year.

NAGASAKI, Japan (AP) — The southern Japanese city of Nagasaki on Saturday marked 80 years since the U.S. atomic attack that killed tens of thousands and left survivors who hope their harrowing ...

Survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have played a big part in preventing the use of nuclear ...

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TOKYO -- The atomic bombings of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, and Nagasaki three days later brought a scale of destruction the world had never seen. Many who survived the blasts died in the weeks, ...

Eighty years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, many of the remaining Japanese survivors are increasingly frustrated by growing nuclear threats and the acceptance of nuclear weapons ...

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 support of global leaders ...