TOKYO -- The atomic bombings of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, and Nagasaki three days later brought a scale of destruction the world had never seen. Many who survived the blasts died in the weeks, ...

Japan's ruling party is considering scrapping its non-nuclear principles as tensions with China and North Korea escalate, ...

NAGASAKI, Japan – Japanese Emperor Naruhito, accompanied by his wife and daughter, paid their respects Friday to atomic bombing victims in Nagasaki as he wrapped up a tour of some of the worst-hit ...

On this 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, it is worth reflecting on the horrors of history ushered in with the nuclear age.

Eighty years ago, today, the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, just before the end of World War II. NPR's Anthony Kuhn reports that the voices of survivors opposing ...

NAGASAKI, Japan -- The southern Japanese city of Nagasaki on Saturday marked 80 years since the U.S. atomic attack that killed tens of thousands and left survivors who hope their harrowing memories ...