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Opinion: Reflections on using the atomic bomb 80 years later

Opinion: 80 years later, there is no certainty another approach would have abruptly ended hostilities and spared substantial ...

‘Ghosts Of Hiroshima’ Exclusive Book Excerpt: The Nightmare James Cameron Will Confront As Film

While up to his eyeballs in Avatar sequels, James Cameron made a deathbed promise to Tsutomu Yamaguchi (one of the survivors of both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki A-bomb blast) that he will tell the ...
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This Heroic Japanese Diplomat Defied His Government to Save Thousands of Jewish Refugees From the Holocaust

Stationed in Lithuania, Chiune Sugihara granted transit visas that allowed holders to escape Europe and travel through Japan ...
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The Mysterious Japanese WW2 Sailing Mountain

In early 1945, the U.S. launched an aerial offensive on the Japanese naval base at Kure, targeting the battleship Haruna. Defending the base were elite Japanese fighter instructors piloting Kawanishi ...

In Hiroshima, a schoolboy keeps memories of war alive with guided tours

Since the age of seven, Japanese schoolboy Shun Sasaki has been offering free guided tours to foreign visitors of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park with a mission: ensuring that the horrors of nuclear ...

Long: When the villain in the story became clear

Eighty years ago today a great international conference was happening that indelibly shaped the world to come. Let’s take a ...