When the first atomic bomb detonated 80 years ago on Aug. 6, thousands of the dead and dying were brought to the small, rural ...

Tsutomu Yamaguchi is known to be the sole individual recognised to have survived both atomic attacks in Japan during the Second World War period. His case has been documented in history books and ...

On March 1, the 70th anniversary of the Castle Bravo test, a group of Japanese, including descendants of the victims, ...

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Barack Obama (L) hugs atomic bomb survivor Shigeaki Mori as he visits Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Barack Obama (L) hugs ...

TOKYO — A Japanese atomic bomb survivor who spent decades researching American prisoners of war killed in the Hiroshima attack has died at age 88. Shigeaki Mori devoted nearly 50 years to uncovering ...

Members of Nihon Hidankyo, including a survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bomb explosion, were honored during a City Council ...

Shigeaki Mori, a Japanese atomic bomb survivor in Hiroshima and a historian but best known for a big hug he was given by then U.S. President Barack Obama during his historic visit to the city a decade ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Shigeaki Mori, the Hiroshima survivor immortalized in an Obama embrace during the president’s 2016 peace memorial ...