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World marks 80 years since US dropped atomic bomb on Japan as global powers still trade nuclear threats

As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the first use of a nuclear weapon, on the Japanese city of Hiroshima near the end ...

Grandchildren of 2 men who experienced both A-bomb attacks in Japan work for peace 80 years later

Ari Beser’s grandfather was on the two American B-29 bombers that dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima ...

We can celebrate VJ Day. Dropping atomic bombs was morally justified

How can we celebrate the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, knowing that victory was bought by the dropping of atomic bombs? For ...

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

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

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

HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Eighty years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, many of the remaining Japanese ...

How the atomic bombing of Nagasaki tore apart Japan’s understanding of motherhood

Eighty years after the US bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, aging survivors — some more than 100 years old — reveal the ...

Was dropping atomic bombs on Japan justified? 80 years later, views have changed

The survey was conducted ahead of the 80th anniversary of the bombings of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The ...

Should the US have dropped the atomic bombs on Japan?

For pacifists, the answer is clear: since any deliberate killing is wrong, the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and ...

'I saw the horrors in Hiroshima after the atomic bomb'

Mr Hilling, who joined the RAF in April 1944 before being transferred to the Army and serving in India in 1945 before his ...

Opinion: Reflections on using the atomic bomb 80 years later

Opinion: 80 years later, there is no certainty another approach would have abruptly ended hostilities and spared substantial ...

Eighty years ago, with the dropping of two atom bombs on Japan, we entered the age of dread

With the dropping of two atom bombs, 80 years ago this month, humanity reached a tipping point in Hiroshima and Nagaski.
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Japan’s aging atomic bomb survivors speak out against nuclear weapons

News World News Japan’s aging atomic bomb survivors speak out against nuclear weapons There is frustration over growing nuclear threats and the acceptance of nuclear weapons by some global leaders.