According to the welfare ministry, the number of hibakusha with victim certificates stood at 99,130 as of the end of March, ...

Tokyo, July 1 (Jiji Press)--The number of hibakusha survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki almost 80 years ago has fallen below 100,000 for the first time, Japanese ...

There was some levity during the visit as an excited group of Japanese schoolchildren were left star struck after they waved ...

Some in South Korea are considering the development of nuclear weapons, but Koreans have already experienced the horrors of ...

Most of them are unidentified, and remain forgotten. Toshiko Saiki, a late "hibakusha" survivor who lost 13 relatives to the A-bomb, was the de facto "guardian" of this memorial mound.

Catholic bishops in Japan have urged the complete abolition of nuclear weapons, reminding the world of the deadly experiences ...

The Peace Resource Center will observe the 50th anniversary of its founding at Wilmington College while recognizing five ...

Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bomb survivors’ groups strongly protest against Israeli and U.S. attacks on Iranian nuclear ...

At 85 years old, Ela Gandhi, a peace activist, former social worker and parliamentarian reflects on her life which she has ...

Emperor Naruhito has repeatedly stressed the importance to remember and keep telling the tragedy of the war to younger generations.

We still need the real, visceral fear that the world could, in fact, end. And we need the understanding that even if it doesn ...