The influence of the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki runs deep in Japanese popular culture. One of the most famous ...

The smell of burning flesh, unrecognisable bodies. More than 200,000 dead. Have we forgotten the sheer horror of August 1945?

The mayor of Nagasaki has appealed for an end to the wars raging in the world on the 80th anniversary of the US atom bomb ...

Nagasaki mayor Shiro Suzuki urged the world to "stop armed conflicts immediately" at the annual memorial ceremony for victims ...

Japan will work to lead global efforts to bring about 'a world without nuclear war and a world without nuclear weapons,' says ...