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Hiroshima remembers victims on 80th anniversary of atomic bombing

Hiroshima commemorated the 80th anniversary of the US atomic bombing that devastated the city and killed 140,000 people.

06/08/2025

Culture news

Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 80 years later: Lessons from the living

Eighty years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, ageing survivors are urging the world to remember what was lost – and to imagine a future without nuclear weapons.

06/08/2025

Japan

Hiroshima marks 80th anniversary since US atomic bombing of the city

Japan held a memorial service and ceremony for victims and the remaining survivors of the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima, marking its 80th anniversary and renewing pledges of working towards a world without nuclear weapons.

06/08/2025

Iran

Will Iran go nuclear now that Trump is in power or can a deal be done?

Will Iran build its first nuclear bomb or will it reach a deal with the West? A journalist from the Euronews Persian Service examines Tehran's options.

23/03/2025

Japan

Japan skips UN nuclear arms conference to avoid 'wrong message'

Japanese government's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi stated that participating as an observer would not align with Japan’s defence policy, which relies on the US' nuclear shield.

03/03/2025

Japan

Nagasaki marks 78th anniversary of atomic bombing

Nagasaki marked the 78th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of the city Wednesday with the mayor urging world powers to abolish nuclear weapons, saying nuclear deterrence also increases risks of nuclear war.

09/08/2023

Culture news

Why is #NoBarbenheimer trending in Japan?

Warner Bros. Japan has publicly criticised their US counterparts over ‘inconsiderate’ reactions to art combining Barbie imagery with nuclear mushroom clouds...

01/08/2023

Tech News

The nuclear weapons Putin could be tempted to use in Ukraine

The West fears that Russian president Vladimir Putin, frustrated over the situation in Ukraine, could resort to using nuclear weapons. How destructive would these be?

29/09/2022

Japan

Japan marks 76th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings

Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga attended a memorial commemorating the 76th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

06/08/2021

Japan

Nagasaki pleads for nuclear ban on 75th anniversary of US bombing

"The true horror of nuclear weapons has not yet been adequately conveyed to the world at large", said Nagasaki's mayor Tomihisa Taue.

09/08/2020

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Japan marks 75th anniversary of Hiroshima atomic bomb with ceremony

People in Japan are taking a moment to pause and remember the victims of the catastrophic event.

06/08/2020

Japan

Japan marks 75 years since Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bomb attacks

Here is how events unfolded and the pleas of the ageing survivors for a nuclear bomb ban.

06/08/2020

Japan

Hiroshima: The story of Shin, buried with his bike at the age of 3

Hiroshima: The story of Shin, buried with his bike at the age of 3

07/08/2019