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Letters to the Editor: Readers debate the 'moral necessity' of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings

The atomic bombs may have saved "countless" lives, but if Truman had dropped one on a remote island nearby as a demonstration ...

Bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a moral necessity

It is an act of historical myopia to pretend that the atomic bombings were callous. They were the cost of hard-fought peace.

80 years later, Hiroshima bombing survivors warn of new nuclear warfare

The Japanese city, on which America dropped the first atomic bomb near the end of World War II, is commemorating the ...

Hiroshima survivors fear rising nuclear threat on the 80th anniversary of atomic bombing

Hiroshima is marking the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city. Many aging survivors ...

Hiroshima marks bombing’s date

Hiroshima on Wednesday marked the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city, with many aging ...

Japan marks 80th anniversary of atomic bombing in Hiroshima

As Japan marks 80 years since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the country's postwar identity is shifting.
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Hiroshima survivor to reflect on atomic bombings in ceremony

Twelve-year old Sadae Kasaoka (birth name Hiraoka), a first-year student at a girls’ high school, was at home with her ...

Hiroshima warns against nuclear weapons as it marks 80 years since A-bomb

Mayor Kazumi Matsui called on leaders to heed the lessons of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and warned of the consequences of the ...

Smithsonian ignores Hiroshima, Nagasaki bombings on 80th anniversary

In the absence of special events, the plane that bombed Hiroshima will quietly remain on display at the National Air & Space Museum's airport annex.

The Atomic Age began 80 years ago when the U.S. dropped A-bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan

The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 resulted in Japan's surrender, ending World War II and ushering in the Atomic Age.