When it came to reporters who documented the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, John Hersey wasn’t the first, but his account was the one that mattered. Several journalists reporting for ...

HIROSHIMA—Throughout this city, which was once devastated by an atomic bomb, people gathered at public viewings, celebrations and events to watch the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony honoring Nihon ...

On the morning the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945, resident Kiyoshi Tanimoto, a Methodist minister, was on his way out of town transporting a handcart of items to a ...

One of the most painful things about growing older is the death of deeply loved and deeply wise mentors. A few years ago, during a terribly short span of time, three of my favorite priests passed away ...

KAWAGOE, Japan >> Hopes are rising that more attention will be paid to a couple who created a series of large paintings depicting the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, following Nihon ...

After the atomic bomb was droppped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, historians and survivors, alike, have collected information on the bomb’s destruction and future impact. The modern city of Hiroshima ...

When the Nobel Peace Prize went to the Japanese grassroots organization Nihon Hidankyo three weeks ago, it arrived, in a sense, in the nick of time. Many of the group’s members are hibakusha, ...

The tour that showcases the city’s reconstruction, uses Hiroshima Electric Railway’s streetcar No. 653, which was damaged in ...

Kikuko (Kiko) Otake was only 5 years old during the World War II atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan on Aug. 6 and on Aug. 9 of 1945. For years afterward, she kept the horrific memory of ...

The photographs on this page offer a sobering glimpse into one of the last chapters of World War II, made even more personal because they belonged to Forks resident Jane Schmitz’s father, Bernard Carl ...