In the city center of Hiroshima are trees known as hibakujumoku. Derived from hibaku, meaning “A-bombed” and jumoku, meaning ...

When the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, the devastation seemed unimaginable. Yet, against all odds, ...

On August 6, 1945, the atomic bomb “Little Boy” exploded over Hiroshima with a force of 15 kilotons, killing tens of ...

HIROSHIMA -- The main keep of Hiroshima Castle in this western Japan city's Naka Ward was closed on March 22. The structure ...

What is worse? Dropping one bomb that kills 70,000 people or one thousand bombs that kill 70,000 people? The answer is that they are both horrifically wrong. As we reach the 80th anniversary of the ...

Hiroshima, on Wednesday, August 6, 2025, marked the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city in a ceremony of remembrance, but it was an event also aimed, psychologically, at preventing ...

HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — The city of Hiroshima in western Japan is marking the 75th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing. The Aug. 6, 1945, bombing was the world’s first nuclear attack. Three days ...

HIROSHIMA--Caught with their pants down twice in the past year, police are mounting the largest security force ever for the ...

Museums don't just preserve history; they frame how it's told. In Hiroshima, where that responsibility carries unusual weight ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Enola Gay viewed from an elevated platform at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.Talia ...

On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. That first-ever use of an atomic weapon killed an estimated 140,000 people in all, most of whom were civilians. Three ...

TOKYO — Shigeaki Mori, a Japanese atomic bomb survivor in Hiroshima and a historian but best known for a big hug he was given by then U.S. President Barack Obama during his historic visit to the city ...