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Nobel Peace Prize given to Japanese organization Nihon Hidankyo for its work against nuclear weapons
Read full article: Nobel Peace Prize given to Japanese organization Nihon Hidankyo for its work against nuclear weaponsThe Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organization of survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, for its activism against nuclear weapons.
US ambassador to Japan to skip A-bomb memorial service in Nagasaki because Israel was not invited
Read full article: US ambassador to Japan to skip A-bomb memorial service in Nagasaki because Israel was not invitedThe U.S. ambassador to Japan has decided to skip this year's atomic bombing memorial service in Nagasaki after Israel was not invited.
'Oppenheimer' finally premieres in Japan to mixed reactions and high emotions
Read full article: 'Oppenheimer' finally premieres in Japan to mixed reactions and high emotionsโOppenheimerโ has finally opened in the nation where two cities were obliterated by the nuclear weapons invented by the American scientist at the center of the film.
Hiroshima peace park and Pearl Harbor memorial will work together to promote peace
Read full article: Hiroshima peace park and Pearl Harbor memorial will work together to promote peaceHiroshima and Pearl Harbor, two symbols of World War II animosity between Japan and the United States, are now promoting peace and friendship through a sister park arrangement.
Japan, Australia, US to fund undersea cable connection in Micronesia to counter China's influence
Read full article: Japan, Australia, US to fund undersea cable connection in Micronesia to counter China's influenceJapan has joined the United States and Australia in signing an agreement on a $95 million undersea cable project that will connect East Micronesia island nations to improve networks in the Indo-Pacific region where China is increasingly expanding its influence.
Brazil: UN regional group has endorsed Amazon city to host 2025 climate conference
Read full article: Brazil: UN regional group has endorsed Amazon city to host 2025 climate conferenceBrazilโs government has announced that a U.N. Latin America regional group has endorsed a Brazilian city in the Amazon region to host the 2025 U.N. climate change conference, though the world body has not yet publicly confirmed the venue.
G7 ends with Ukraine in focus as Zelenskyy meets world leaders and Russia claims disputed gains
Read full article: G7 ends with Ukraine in focus as Zelenskyy meets world leaders and Russia claims disputed gainsUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has huddled with some of his biggest backers as the Group of Seven summit closed in Hiroshima.
G7 urges China to press Russia to end war in Ukraine, respect Taiwan's status, fair trade rules
Read full article: G7 urges China to press Russia to end war in Ukraine, respect Taiwan's status, fair trade rulesThe Group of Seven wealthy democracies have urged China to push Russia to end its war on Ukraine.
Ukraine's Zelenskyy at center of last day of high-level diplomacy as G7 looks to punish Russia
Read full article: Ukraine's Zelenskyy at center of last day of high-level diplomacy as G7 looks to punish RussiaWorld leaders ratcheted up pressure Sunday on Russia for its war against Ukraine, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the center of a swirl of diplomacy on the final day of the Group of Seven summit of rich-world democracies.
World leaders warn China and North Korea on nukes as Ukraine's Zelenskyy travels to G7 summit
Read full article: World leaders warn China and North Korea on nukes as Ukraine's Zelenskyy travels to G7 summitLeaders of the worldโs most powerful democracies warned China and North Korea against building up their nuclear arsenals, pivoting to major northeast Asian crises ahead of the arrival later Saturday of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Atomic bomb survivors look to G7 summit in Hiroshima as a 'sliver of hope' for nuclear disarmament
Read full article: Atomic bomb survivors look to G7 summit in Hiroshima as a 'sliver of hope' for nuclear disarmamentHolding this weekโs Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima, the site of the worldโs first atomic bomb attack, is an attempt by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to promote an anti-nuclear message.
Japan, Britain strike 'historic accord' on cooperation in defense, clean energy, semiconductors
Read full article: Japan, Britain strike 'historic accord' on cooperation in defense, clean energy, semiconductorsJapan and Britain have struck what they are calling a historic accord on cooperation in defense, clean energy and semiconductors.
Biden, Japan's Kishida meet ahead of G-7 summit, vowing to 'stand strong' against global threats
Read full article: Biden, Japan's Kishida meet ahead of G-7 summit, vowing to 'stand strong' against global threatsPresident Joe Biden is in Japan for global diplomacy in a nation that has already tightened its economic and national security alliance with the U.S. He met privately with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida before joining the Group of Seven gathering of major industrialized nations.
Biden says there's 'work to do' on global stage as he heads to Japan; US debt limit standoff looms
Read full article: Biden says there's 'work to do' on global stage as he heads to Japan; US debt limit standoff loomsPresident Joe Biden said Wednesday thereโs โwork to doโ on the global stage as he headed to Japan to consult with allies on Russiaโs invasion of Ukraine and Chinaโs assertive influence in the Pacific.
G-7 leaders likely to focus on the war in Ukraine and tensions in Asia at summit in Hiroshima
Read full article: G-7 leaders likely to focus on the war in Ukraine and tensions in Asia at summit in HiroshimaThe symbolism will be palpable when leaders of the worldโs rich democracies sit down in Hiroshima later this week.
Hiroshima atomic bombing survivor Sunao Tsuboi dies at 96
Read full article: Hiroshima atomic bombing survivor Sunao Tsuboi dies at 96Sunao Tsuboi, a survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bombing who made opposing nuclear weapons the message of his life, including in a meeting with President Barack Obama in 2016, has died.
Hiroshima marks 76th anniversary of US atomic bombing
Read full article: Hiroshima marks 76th anniversary of US atomic bombingHiroshima has marked the 76th anniversary of the worldโs first atomic bombing, with the mayor of the Japanese city urging global leaders to unite to eliminate nuclear weapons, just as they are united against the coronavirus.
Japan expands virus emergency ahead of Tokyo Olympics
Read full article: Japan expands virus emergency ahead of Tokyo OlympicsJapan is further expanding a coronavirus state of emergency from six areas, including Tokyo, to nine as the government repeated its determination to hold the Olympics in just over two months.
Japan appeals court order to recognize 'black rain' victims
Read full article: Japan appeals court order to recognize 'black rain' victimsTOKYO Japan's government and the city of Hiroshima have appealed a court ruling ordering them to certify dozens of people who were exposed to radioactive black rain in the aftermath of the 1945 U.S. atomic bomb attack. The appeal comes after the Hiroshima District Court for the first time on July 30 recognized the black rain victims outside of a government-set physical boundary used as a basis for deciding survivors' eligibility for medical benefits. The court ruled that 84 plaintiffs who were outside the zone had developed radiation-induced illnesses and should be certified as atomic bomb victims. The U.S. dropped the worlds first atomic bomb on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, killing 140,000 people and almost destroying the entire city. The Hiroshima plaintiffs were in areas northwest of ground zero, where radioactive black rain fell hours after the bomb was dropped.
Looking back on Hiroshima, 75 years later: In photos
Read full article: Looking back on Hiroshima, 75 years later: In photosThree days later, another atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki. Below are images of the destruction, copyright Getty Images. (Getty Images)A mother tends to her injured child, a victim of the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima. (Getty Images)Wreckage of buildings in Hiroshima after the dropping of the atomic bomb. (Getty Images)
5 things to know as Hiroshima marks 75th A-bomb anniversary
Read full article: 5 things to know as Hiroshima marks 75th A-bomb anniversaryFILE - In this Aug. 6, 1945, file photo, smoke rises 20,000 feet above Hiroshima, western Japan, after the first atomic bomb was dropped during warfare. Hiroshima was targeted because it was a major Japanese military hub filled with military bases and ammunition facilities. The city of Hiroshima on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the worlds first nuclear attack. (AP Photo, File)
Hiroshima survivor recalls working on tram after A-bomb
Read full article: Hiroshima survivor recalls working on tram after A-bombThe U.S. first atomic bomb that exploded on Aug. 6, 1945, changed everything. As that first tram on Aug. 9 moved through Hiroshima, it passed huge piles of rubble and decomposing bodies. As that first tram on Aug. 9 moved through Hiroshima, it passed huge piles of rubble and decomposing bodies. Many different kinds of people, including the injured, were pushing to get onto the train, Shakuda, 89, said in an interview with The Associated Press. When the atomic bomb destroyed most of Hiroshima, 185 employees and students who worked for the Hiroshima Electric Railway died and 266 were injured.