WhileJapanwas still trying to comprehend this devastation, the United States dropped another atomic bomb. This bomb, nicknamed "Fat Man," was dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki, killing an estimated 40,000 people immediately and another 20,000 to 40,000 in the months following the explos...
Attendees observe a moment of silence during a ceremony to mark the 78th anniversary of the world's first atomic bomb attack, at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 2023. [Photo/Agencies] TOKYO -- Japan marked the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombing in its western...
Japan is determination to serve tenaciously as a mediator between nuclear weapon states and non-nuclear weapon states and take the lead in making such efforts in the international community, he said. Japan will also continue to promote policies considerate of "hibakusha," namely atomic bomb survivo...
In Japan, forecasters say Typhoon Khanun is on course to dump prolonged, heavy rains on one of the main islands this week. This has forced commemorations for the Nagasaki atomic bombing event indoors. Local media says Khanun killed at least two people in the southern Okinawa r...
Nihon no Gembakubungaku [Japanese Atomic Bomb Literature] (Tokyo: Horupu, 1983). Translated asHiroshima Notes by Toshi Yonezawa (Tokyo: YMCA Press, 1981). Bertolt Brecht,Leben des Galilei (Berlin: Suhrkamp, 1955), p. 126: “ein Geschlecht erfinderischer Zwerge, die für alles gemietet werde...
But Japan government passed it with silence. The United States decided to use atomic bomb on August 2. There has been various speculation why they had to drop the A-bomb at this time, but we cannot know it. On August 6, Enola Gay (the B-29 bomber) by United States Army Air Forces...
Perhaps the starkest reminder of the destruction visited upon Hiroshima in WWII is the Atomic Bomb Dome. Built by a Czech architect in 1915, it was the…
Photo about Hiroshima Peace memorial called Gembaku dome Atomic bomb dome in Hiroshima city, Japan. Image of nature, background, history - 178860747
A must-see for anyone coming to Nagasaki for its historic significance, this park houses a smooth, black-stone column that marks the point above which the…