Taiwan's government said it is happy Nagasaki will let it send attendees for the first time to the peace ceremony on Aug. 9, the anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombing of the city. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/09/japan/taiwan-nagasaki-peace-ceremony/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #taiwanjapanrelations #taiwan #nagasaki #atomicbombings #wwii #hiroshima
The number of hibakusha survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki almost 80 years ago has fallen below 100,000 for the first time. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/01/japan/hibakusha-number-drop/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #atomicbombings #us #wardead #nuclearweapons #hiroshima #nagasaki
Ahead of the 80th anniversary next month, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons launched an online memorial for children who died in the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/01/japan/online-memorial-nagasaki-hiroshima/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nobelprize #ican #us #wwii #nuclearweapons #atomicbombings #wardead #nagasaki #hiroshima
Russian Ambassador to Japan Nikolay Nozdrev will attend a ceremony in Nagasaki on Aug. 9 commemorating the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the city, Russian state-run media has reported. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/27/japan/russian-envoy-nagasaki-ceremony/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #russia #nagasaki #atomicbombings #russiaukrainewar
U.S. President Donald Trump compared the impact of American strikes on Iranian nuclear sites to the end of World War II on Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/26/world/politics/us-iran-hiroshima-trump-intelligence/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #hiroshima #nagasaki #nuclearweapons #us #donaldtrump #iran #wwii