It is an act of historical myopia to pretend that the atomic bombings were callous. They were the cost of hard-fought peace.

The Japanese city, on which America dropped the first atomic bomb near the end of World War II, is commemorating the ...

Award-winning filmmaker James Cameron and CEO of the Nuclear Threat Initiative Ernest J. Moniz speak with Christiane Amanpour ...

Revisiting the math and morality of the Allied forces’ decision to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945.

The United States dropped the world's first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945, during World War II.

As Japan marks 80 years since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the country's postwar identity is shifting.

Hiroshima is marking the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city. Many aging survivors ...

As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the first use of a nuclear weapon, on the Japanese city of Hiroshima near the end ...

Following are some facts about the bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima and a second attack on Nagasaki three days later ...

Mayor Kazumi Matsui called on leaders to heed the lessons of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and warned of the consequences of the ...

In 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three days later an atomic bomb hit ...