Then, at 11:02 a.m. on Aug. 9, 1945, the U.S. military dropped the “Fat Man” atomic bomb on Nagasaki. Kazuyuki was working at an elementary school about 500 meters from ground zero.

Fukahori represented the bomb victims at a ceremony, making his “pledge for peace,” saying: “I am determined to send our message to make Nagasaki the final place where an atomic bomb is ever ...

He said: ‘I am determined to send our message to make Nagasaki the final place where an atomic bomb is ever dropped.’ A funeral service will take place on tomorrow at Urakami Church ...

During World War II, thousands of prisoners of war were detained on in a camp in Nagasaki. When the atomic bomb was dropped on the city on August 9th, 1945, they were far enough away to survive ...

After the dropping of a second atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki, he has ordered Japan’s surrender. Despite two devastating attacks on the country, many people are shocked – the Japanese ...

It was the greatest experiment ever conducted on U.S. soil. Discover 20 little-known facts about the Manhattan project.

How close were the Nazis to developing an atomic bomb? The truth is that National Socialist Germany could not possibly have built a weapon like the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima or Nagasaki.

The court ordered the city and the Nagasaki prefectural government to give the 15 plaintiffs health handbooks for atomic bomb survivors. The lawsuit was filed by 44 “hibaku taiken sha” who ...

A postman with a red back On August 9, 1945, the day an atomic bomb exploded over Nagasaki, 16-year-old Taniguchi Sumiteru was delivering mail on his bicycle about two kilometers from ground zero ...

a survivor of the 1945 Nagasaki atomic bombing, who devoted his life to advocating for peace and campaigning against nuclear weapons, has died. He was 93.

One of the most important projects of the 20th century was also one of the most daring and destructive, and it reshaped the ...

The second bomb devastated Nagasaki, Japan, on Aug. 9 ... year had already authorized General Spaatz to drop subsequent atomic bombs “as soon as made ready by the project staff.” ...