80 years after WWII, reflecting on history and the value of peace.

Family traces wartime history of surviving kamikaze pilot
September 24, 2025

VOX POPULI: Sept. 18 is not a proud day in the history of The Asahi Shimbun
September 18, 2025

Hibakusha in iconic photo as young girl dies in Hiroshima at 86
September 6, 2025

Hibakusha’s son shares mother’s long-secret story from Nagasaki
August 28, 2025

Hibakusha mourns child she had to give up 23 years after war
August 21, 2025

Family suffers from attacks on both Hiroshima, Pearl Harbor
August 20, 2025

Noted manga artist finally opens up about war experience
August 16, 2025

Comrade of kamikaze pilots says ‘everyone wanted to live’
August 15, 2025

Chiba opens digital museum to preserve 1945 bombing legacy
August 15, 2025
Ishiba reinstates ‘remorse,’ word dropped by Abe, at war memorial
August 15, 2025

EDITORIAL: Japan’s role as a protector of peace now called into question
August 15, 2025

Museum council in Nagasaki torn over Nanking Massacre items
August 15, 2025

Former prime minister says politicians must avoid wars
August 13, 2025

Former member of Unit 731 fights nightmares, atrocity deniers
August 13, 2025

Imperial family to visit Nagasaki in September to mark WWII’s end
August 12, 2025

From acceptance to anger: Path trod by Nagasaki bomb survivors
August 9, 2025

Nagasaki mayor calls on nations in conflict to cease fighting
August 9, 2025

95-year-old son writes poems to remember mom killed by A-bomb
August 8, 2025

Mental conflict of U.S. priest who gave blessings to A-bomb crews
August 7, 2025

Man carries on A-bomb legacy of his mother, uncle and grandma
August 6, 2025

‘Never give up’: Hiroshima vows to embody the hibakusha spirit
August 6, 2025

A-bomb survivor still sees keloid scar as mark of lifelong ‘shame’
August 5, 2025
Hibakusha called the ‘true experts’ on nuclear weapons
August 4, 2025

94-year-old seizes chance to tell her story of atomic bombing
August 1, 2025
101-year-old hands down ‘miraculous life’ to descendants
July 30, 2025

Hibakusha hope young people will carry on their campaign
July 24, 2025
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