Nuclear weapons have shaped global politics for decades, but their destructive power is almost impossible to comprehend. From the bomb that devastated Hiroshima in 1945 to the Soviet Union’s abandoned ...

When the first atomic bomb detonated 80 years ago on Aug. 6, thousands of the dead and dying were brought to the small, rural ...

TOKYO — A Japanese atomic bomb survivor who spent decades researching American prisoners of war killed in the Hiroshima attack has died at age 88. Shigeaki Mori devoted nearly 50 years to uncovering ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Shigeaki Mori, the Hiroshima survivor immortalized in an Obama embrace during the president’s 2016 peace memorial ...

HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Hiroshima on Wednesday marked the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city, with many aging survivors expressing frustration about the growing ...

Tsutomu Yamaguchi is known to be the sole individual recognised to have survived both atomic attacks in Japan during the Second World War period. His case has been documented in history books and ...

Shigeaki Mori, a Japanese atomic bomb survivor in Hiroshima and a historian but best known for a big hug he was given by then U.S. President Barack Obama during his historic visit to the city a decade ...

TOKYO, March 17 (Reuters) - Shigeaki Mori, the survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bombing whom former U.S. President Barack Obama embraced during a historic visit to the ‌city in 2016, has died at 88, ...