As he opened the 40th National Cultural Festival and the 25th National Arts and Culture Festival for Persons with Disabilities, Emperor Naruhito expressed hopes the events will spark the creation of new culture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/15/japan/imperial-couple-attend-national-cultural-festivals-in-nagasaki/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #imperialcouple #nagasaki #wwii #atomicbombings
Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, have begun a trip to Nagasaki Prefecture, mainly to mourn victims of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city of Nagasaki in World War II. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/12/japan/imperial-family-nagasaki/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan#emperornaruhito #empressmasako#imperialfamily #nagasaki #wwii #atomicbombings #us
An independent expert panel of the U.N. tasked with assessing the impact of nuclear war met with co-deputy chair Masao Tomonaga, an 82-year-old hibakusha atomic bomb survivor. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/07/japan/politics/un-nuke-panel-hibakusha-deputy-chiar/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #un #nuclearweapons #atomicbombings #nagasaki
Izumi Nakamitsu, U.N. undersecretary-general and high representative for disarmament affairs, urged Japan to attend the 2026 review conference for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons as an observer. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/19/japan/nakamitsu-disarmament-efforts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #izuminakamitsu #un #nuclearweapons #atomicbombings #nagasaki #hiroshima
A Japanese woman and an American man whose grandfathers experienced the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have forged an unlikely collaboration to publish a book calling for a world free of nuclear weapons. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/15/japan/grandchildren-unite/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nagasaki #hiroshima #us #atomicbombings #nuclearweapons #wwii
Mayors from across the world concluded a general conference in Nagasaki on Sunday by adopting a declaration expressing their resolve to abolish nuclear weapons. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/10/japan/global-mayors-adopt-nagasaki-peace-message/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nagasaki #hiroshima #atomicbombings #wwii #nuclearweapons
Terumi Tanaka, a 93-year-old survivor of the Nagasaki atomic bombing, has called on younger generations to create a movement for the abolition of nuclear weapons that "inspires others." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/10/japan/nagasaki-a-bomb-hibakusha-movement/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #atomicbomings #nagasaki #hiroshima #wwii #nuclearweapons #terumitanaka #hibakusha
Nagasaki marked 80 years since the U.S. atomic bombing of the city on Saturday, amid frustration among the dwindling number of survivors that their powerful calls for eradicating nuclear arms are falling on deaf ears. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/09/japan/nagasaki-80th-anniversary-atomic-bombing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nagasaki #atomicbombings #wwii #history #hibakusha
This nonprofit is fighting to preserve ‘survivor’ trees from Hiroshima’s atomic bombing — and share their seeds with the world. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2025/08/09/issues/green-legacy-hiroshima-atomic-bomb-trees/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #community #issues #hiroshima #hibakusha #nagasaki #atomicbombings #nuclearweapons #wwii #unitednations
On Aug. 9, 1945, 17-year-old Koichi Tagawa survived the Nagasaki bombing and began a diary. His words captured the fire, the loss and the moment he became an orphan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/08/japan/history/nagasaki-nuclear-bomb-diary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #wwii #atomicbombings #hiroshima #nagasaki #nuclearweapons
Mayors for Peace, a worldwide organization of city leaders, started a three-day general conference in Nagasaki on Friday, the day before the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/08/japan/mayors-nagasaki-conference/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nagasaki #wwii #atomicbombings #nuclearweapons #un
The atomic bombings were a tragic but nearly unavoidable result of Japan’s refusal to surrender, the momentum of wartime technology, and the brutal logic of ending a devastating war quickly. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/08/07/japan/we-must-commemorate-hiroshima/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #hiroshima #nagasaki #atomicbombings #wwii #us #harrytruman
People in Fukushima Prefecture and other parts of Japan are working to pass down the stories of "mock atomic bombs" the United States dropped in the country during World War II, which resulted in over 400 deaths. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/07/japan/wwii-us-mock-atomic-bombings-on-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #atomicbombings #hiroshima #nagasaki #fukushima #wwii
Not saints, not martyrs — teenage nurses struggle to care for others while barely holding themselves together in “Nagasaki: In the Shadow of the Flash.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/08/07/film/nagasaki-in-the-shadow-of-the-flash/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #japanesefilm #wwii #hiroshima #nagasaki #atomicbombings #jumpeimatsumoto
It seems evident that the two bombs would be dropped to confirm their relative effectiveness before Japan could realistically respond. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/08/06/japan/were-hiroshima-and-nagasaki-bombings-necessary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #worldwarii#atomicbombing #hiroshima #nagasaki
I visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum with my 10-year-old son where we met a little girl with a big heart who taught us the meaning of compassion. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/08/05/japan/hiroshima-nuclear-bombing-empathy-party/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #nuclearweapons #atomicbombings #hiroshima #nagasaki #wwii
A Japanese nonprofit organization is accelerating efforts to digitize valuable materials related to the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/04/japan/digitalizing-atomic-bombings-materials/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #wwii #hiroshima #nagasaki #atomicbombings #digitalization
The mayor of Nagasaki is set to urge world leaders to work toward abolishing nuclear weapons in a speech on Aug. 9 at a ceremony to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/01/japan/nagasaki-mayor-nuclear-abolition/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nagasaki #atomicbombings #nuclearweapons #us #wwii #hibakusha
U.S. views are split over the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the closing days of World War II, a recent opinion poll shows, with just over a third saying they believed the bombings were "justified." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/29/japan/society/us-citizens-survey-on-wwii-atomic-bombings/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #surveys #atomicbombings #hiroshima #nagasaki #usjapanrelations
After visiting the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Norwegian Nobel Committee chair Jorgen Frydnes emphasized that the testimonies of hibakusha will bring changes to the world. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/29/japan/nobel-chair-hibakusha-stories/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nobelprize #hibakusha #hiroshima #nagasaki #atomicbombings #us #nuclearweapons #wwii