Hibakusha groups call on Japan to attend nuke ban treaty meetings
World 14:48 07/08/2025HIROSHIMA -- Seven groups of hibakusha atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima Prefecture on Wednesday urged Japan to attend meetings of signatories to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons as an observer.
Nagasaki mayor to call on world leaders to work for nuclear abolition
World 17:03 01/08/2025NAGASAKI -- Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki said Friday that he will call on world leaders to chart a concrete path toward abolishing nuclear weapons, in a speech to be delivered at an annual peace ceremony next week.
In Hiroshima, search for remains keeps war alive for lone volunteer
World 19:05 08/07/2025Dozens of times a year, Rebun Kayo takes a ferry to a small island across from the port of Hiroshima in search of the remains of those killed by the atomic bomb 80 years ago.
Saplings from A-bombed tree planted at UN headquarters
World 17:05 06/05/2025NEW YORK -- Saplings from a persimmon tree that survived the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima were planted in an event at the UN headquarters in New York on Monday.
