Before the service, a new bell donated by U.S. Catholics rang out for the first time in one of the two bell towers of Urakami ...

Brendan Fay, nuclear disarmament activist with (NYCAN - New York Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons) welcomed Japanese Peace ...

This week marks the 80th anniversary of our country dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. A few days after the ...

"We must abandon the fists, weapons, and tools of violence we hold in our hands, and stop creating nuclear weapons. Let us ...

James "Jim" Wren, one of the oldest surviving veterans of the Second World War, recounted his experience over a cup of tea at ...

Lanterns carrying the names of the dead floated across Jackson Park’s koi pond last week as more than 300 people gathered for ...

Twelve-year old Sadae Kasaoka (birth name Hiraoka ), a first-year student at a girls’ high school, was at home with her grandmother on Aug. 6, 1945, enjoying a beautiful morning and doing housework ...

At the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings, Catholic peace groups gathered in Washington, DC, to remember the victims, ...

Survivors’ voices and new memorials mark the grim milestone. “This isn’t a partisan issue. It’s a human issue,” says Dr. Ira Helfand—as global stockpiles grow for the first time since the Cold War.

The 80th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki has reignited the debate around nuclear weaponization and the ...

Ceremonies were held on Saturday to honor the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.

As we commemorate the eightieth anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the world is the closest ...