The United States dropped an atomic bomb on each Japanese city on August 6 and 9, 1945 — the only times nuclear weapons have been used in warfare. Days later Japan surrendered. Around 140,000 people ...

The meltdown and mass evacuation triggered a global panic, with countries as far away as Germany vowing to shut their nuclear plants. Japan also switched off its reactors in the wake of the disaster.

Three days later, another nuclear bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. A week later, Japan surrendered. The bomb brought World War Two to a sudden end, but was it right to use it? The bomb was dropped to ...

The United States dropped an atomic bomb on each Japanese city on August 6 and 9, 1945 -- the only times nuclear weapons have ... many who survived the explosions but died later from radiation ...

A photo taken about six miles from the scene of the Nagasaki explosion. According to the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum ... pressing for nuclear disarmament. Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ...

The mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have invited US President Donald Trump to visit this year for the 80th anniversary of ...

Third-from-left Terumi Tanaka of the Japan Confederation of A-and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations ... 8, 2025. The nuclear abolition group won the most recent Nobel Peace Prize.

The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots Japanese organization of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, for its efforts “to achieve a world free of ...