FUKUOKA, Japan - “Eighty years ago today, (my father, Lt. Kentaro Toji) was one of the executioners in an incident involving ...

Two Japanese atomic bomb survivors have appealed for the abolition of nuclear weapons in France, one of the world's nuclear powers. Eighty-seven-year-old Yahata Teruko and 82-year-old Iida ...

Despite breast cancer being the most common among Japanese women, the risk of developing noncancer diseases among female breast cancer survivors has not been explored in detail. Therefore ...

Japan's Welfare Ministry launched nationwide effort to collect testimonies from approximately 106,000 remaining survivors, known as hibakusha, of1945 bombings, reports media - Anadolu Ajansı ...

Four survivors of Japan’s “hostage justice” filed a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on March 24, contending that the Code of Criminal Procedure provisions allowing prolonged pretrial ...

Japanese students visit the Centre of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage in Tokyo last month. Photo: AP On March 10, 1945, Reiko Muto, a former nurse, was on her bed still wearing her uniform and shoes.

Japan, protected under the U.S. nuclear umbrella, has refused to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons despite repeated requests by survivors.

From left, Jiro Hamasumi, Terumi Tanaka and Michiko Kodama, representatives of this year's Nobel Peace Prize winner Nihon Hidankyo, or the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, ...

Survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki said receiving a Nobel Peace Prize has given them a fresh incentive to campaign for nuclear disarmament ahead of the 80th ...

Nation & World Science Technology Japanese atomic bomb survivors say Nobel Peace Prize gives fresh impetus to disarmament push Dec. 24, 2024 at 7:11 am Updated Dec. 24, 2024 at 8:10 am By MARI ...