Hiroshima

The astronomical event referenced in the title of Shirley Hazzard’s novel The Transit of Venus occurs in two installments–eight years apart, every 243 years–when Venus passes between Earth and the nearest star twice. For a short while, Venus is visible on earth in the form of a little black dot traversing the…

Duterte urges nations to reject war, eliminate nuclear weapons Alexis Romero (Philstar.com) - September 15, 2020 - 3:55pm MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has urged nations to shun war, work for peace, and eliminate nuclear weapons, citing the "grim suffering" and "crippling pain" experienced by people of Hiroshima and…

Publishedduration4 days agoIt is 75 years since the US dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and 9 August, leading to the end of World War Two.image copyrightGetty Imagesimage captionThe devastated city of Hiroshima after the atomic bomb blastThe article contains graphic images and…

19h ago“The devastation that took place in Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the human suffering that resulted must never be repeated,” Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said at the ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the bombing. Read his full speech here:Today, at the opening of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial…

On the morning of Aug. 6, 1945, Wataru Namba was in math class. Namba, a U.S. citizen, was 18 at the time, living with his grandparents in Hiroshima, Japan, and studying at a local college. That morning, just after 8 a.m., an American B-29 dropped an atomic bomb over the…

The ceremony was held at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park despite the coronavirus, but with the number of attendants reduced to fewer than one-tenth of past years.Aug. 6, 2020Read More

FILE - In this Sept. 7, 1945, file photo, an unidentified man stands next to a tiled fireplace where a house once stood in Hiroshima, western Japan. The Aug. 6, 1945, bombing was the world’s first nuclear attack. An estimated 140,000 people, including those with radiation-related injuries and illnesses, died…

Bells tolled in Hiroshima for the 75th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing, with ceremonies downsized due to the coronavirus and the city's mayor urging nations to reject selfish nationalism and unite to fight all threats. Though thousands usually pack the Peace Park in the centre of the Japanese…

Bomb attack on Hiroshima killed around 140,000 people, many of them instantly, with others perishing in weeks, months later. Photo: FileHIROSHIMA:   Japan mourned the 75th anniversary of the horrifying Hiroshima nuclear attack during World War II on Thursday, observing the event with toned down ceremonies due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Survivors,…

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe bows in front of Hiroshima Memorial Cenotaph during a ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the bombing at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, in Hiroshima, western Japan. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)HIROSHIMA, Japan - Survivors of the world’s first atomic bombing gathered…