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

Nagasaki, Aug. 8 (Jiji Press)--Mayors for Peace, a worldwide organization of city leaders, started a three-day general ...

Tokyo, Aug. 8 (Jiji Press)--Japanese education minister Toshiko Abe on Friday voiced deep disappointment over violent bullying at a baseball team that is currently competing in the national summer ...

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Hiroshima is marking the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city on Wednesday ...