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
In World War II, Kyoto was spared as a target of the atomic bomb. But the ancient capital was bombed several times by conventional means and carries the marks of those attacks through the present day. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/08/07/travel/kyoto-wwii-aerial-bombing-history/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #travel #wwii #kyoto #atomicbombings
Declassified official U.S. documents showed Tuesday that the U.S. military estimated two days after its Aug. 6, 1945, atomic bombing of the city of Hiroshima that at least 100,000 people died as a result of the bombing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/06/japan/hiroshima-bombing-victims-us-initial-estimate/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #wwii #atomicbombings #hiroshima #nuclearweapons
“The whole city was gone. We knew it was a bomb, but we didn't know what kind of bomb,” Howard Kakita, a Japanese American hibakusha, recalls immediately after Hiroshima was bombed in 1945. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/06/japan/history/japanese-american-hibakusha/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #wwii #atomicbombings #hiroshima #howardkakita #us
Japan observed the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima with silent prayers for the tens of thousands of people who lost their lives and for those who suffered in the decades after. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/06/japan/hiroshima-atomic-bombing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hiroshima #wwii #atomicbombings #nuclearweapons #us
In Hiroshima, where an atomic bomb was dropped 80 years ago, its message of peace lives on in the form of products such as notepads made via the recycling of millions of paper cranes offered at a memorial in the city. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/06/japan/society/hiroshima-paper-crane/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #hiroshima #atomicbombings #wwii #us
Eighty years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, an 83-year-old orphaned survivor continues to speak out about the destructive nature of nuclear weapons. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/06/japan/orphaned-hibakusha-shares-his-experiences/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #wwii #nuclearweapons #hiroshima #atomicbombings
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
Since the age of 7, Japanese schoolboy Shun Sasaki has been offering free guided tours to foreign visitors at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, ensuring the horrors of nuclear war do not fade with the passage of time. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/31/japan/society/hiroshima-schoolboy-guide/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #hiroshima #schools #elementaryschools #children #atomicbombings #wwii #english #volunteers
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
"The Hiroshima Panels," depicting the nightmare victims experienced in the aftermath of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city, continue to draw in viewers ahead of next month's 80th anniversary of the bombing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/29/japan/hiroshima-panels-gallery/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #atomicbombings #saitama #hiroshima #wwii #museums #us
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
On Aug. 6, 1945, a pregnant Kaneko Kawashimo was exposed to radiation about 1 kilometer from the hypocenter of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Her daughter was later born with various disabilities because of it. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/28/japan/hiroshima-atomic-bomb-survivor-disabilities/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hiroshima #atomicbombings #wwii #nuclearweapons #disability
Norwegian Nobel Committee chair Jorgen Frydnes has spoken of the need to listen to the voices of hibakusha, who survived the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/28/japan/nobel-committee-chair-highlights-need-to-hear-hibakusha-voices/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nobelprize #hibakusha #hiroshima #nagasaki #atomicbombings
Three Japanese organizations working for the abolition of nuclear weapons have issued a joint appeal calling for spreading awareness of the reality of atomic bombings across the country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/24/japan/society/nuclear-abolition-unite/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #wwii #us #nuclearweapons #atomicbombings #hiroshima #nagasaki
Norwegian Nobel Committee chair Jorgen Frydnes has visited Hiroshima and called for attention to be paid to the voices of hibakusha, who survived the 1945 atomic bombing of the western Japan city. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/23/japan/nobel-committee-chair-visits-hiroshima/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #wwii #hiroshima #atomicbombings #nobelprize