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

This week marks the 80th anniversary of President Harry Truman's fateful decision to drop atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (respectively, Aug. 6 and 9, 1945). To date, ...

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

Difficult and controversial as it was, President Truman's decision to drop the bombs saved countless lives, both Japanese and ...

Kenichi Kubota, 58, a tree doctor, has continued an annual survey of trees that were exposed to the radiation in Nagasaki ...

Revisiting the math and morality of the Allied forces’ decision to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945.

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

Masako Toki writes that the voices of the Hibakusha offer not only memory, but also moral clarity in an age of growing peril.

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