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Hiroshima warns against nuclear weapons as it marks 80 years since A-bomb

Mayor Kazumi Matsui called on leaders to heed the lessons of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and warned of the consequences of the ...

How the ‘Little Boy’ Hiroshima nuclear bomb transformed modern warfare forever

The Hiroshima bomb is the most devastating to have been used in real combat. But today’s nuclear weapons are far, far more ...

As Hiroshima marks 80 years since U.S. atomic bombing, survivor says "nuclear weapons and humanity cannot co-exist"

The United States dropped the world's first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945, during World War II.

Japan’s aging atomic bomb survivors speak out against nuclear weapons

The number of survivors of the U.S. atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki is dwindling 80 years later, but they are ...

Hiroshima Mayor Issues Nuclear Bomb Warning to West

Kazumi Matsui said the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East meant a growing acceptance of nuclear weapons.

Voices: Why are we commemorating Hiroshima’s 80th anniversary with new nuclear weapons?

COMMENT: The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki should be a reminder of the horrors of nuclear attack – not a chance for ...

Hiroshima survivors fear rising nuclear threat on the 80th anniversary of atomic bombing

Hiroshima is marking the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city. Many aging survivors ...

80 years later, Hiroshima bombing survivors warn of new nuclear warfare

The Japanese city, on which America dropped the first atomic bomb near the end of World War II, is commemorating the ...

The legacy of my father, a Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor | Opinion

Today marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, when 70,000 people were killed instantly. By the end of ...

Marking 80 years since U.S. dropped atomic bomb on Hiroshima

On August 6, 1945, the U.S. dropped the first atomic weapon of war on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, killing tens of ...

Japan marks 80 years since the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima: What's changed?

The atomic bombings of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, and Nagasaki three days later brought a scale of destruction the world ...

Hiroshima warns against nuclear weapons as it marks 80 years since atomic bomb

Thousands bowed their heads in prayer in Hiroshima on Wednesday, as the city's mayor warned world leaders about the nuclear warheads that still exist.