Hundreds gathered near the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima to mark 80 years since the US dropped an atomic bomb.
Americans are divided between support and opposition for the US decision to drop an atomic bomb during World War II.
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Candle-lit lanterns drifted along the Motoyasu River in Hiroshima on Wednesday, with crowds gathering to remember those killed in the atomic bombing 80 years ago.
Hiroshima commemorated the 80th anniversary of the US atomic bombing that devastated the city and killed 140,000 people.
Demonstrators gathered near the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima on Wednesday, despite authorities’ requests to leave, as the city marked the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing.
Speaking today to mark the anniversary of the disaster, Howard Kakita revealed the seconds leading up to the explosion, and told how he was knocked out 'instantaneously'.
Hiroshima’s mayor, Kazumi Matsui, warns of the dangers of rising global militarism.
Japan held a memorial service and ceremony for victims and the remaining survivors of the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima, marking its 80th anniversary and renewing pledges of working towards a world …
Eighty years after atomic bombing, Kazumi Matsui urges younger people to recognise ‘utterly inhumane’ consequences of nuclear weapons as a deterrent
The mayor of Hiroshima has led calls for the world’…