A-bomb survivors disappointed by Prime Minister’s repeated and hollow traditional remarks

Aug. 7, 2021 News

by Seiji Shitakubo and Junya Kuchimoto, Staff Writers On August 6, a “meeting with representatives of A-bomb survivors” organized by the City of Hiroshima was held at a hotel in Naka Ward, Hirosh...

RERF external advisory committee’s deliberations about genomic analysis of second-generation A-bomb survivors to be reflected in research plan

by Kana Kobayashi, Staff Writer An external advisory committee establishe...

Nagasaki Peace Declaratio

This year saw the passing of a Catholic monk. OZAKI Toumei spent his whole life ...

Commitment to Peace

August 6, 2020 We have a mission. The tragedy that happened on that da...

The City of Hiroshima：PEACE DECLARATION

On this day 76 years ago, a single atomic bomb instantly reduced our hometown to...

Striving to fill voids in Hiroshima, evidence of victims remains 76 years after atomic bombing—Prefectural Medical Association asks members for A-bomb medical records

by Junji Akechi, Staff Writer Amid challenges in preservation of atomic bom...

Chronicle: Akito Hirotani—Miracle violin that survived the A-bombing, Part 1

Aug. 14, 2021 Features

by Akito Hirotani, former English teacher living in Hiroshima City The history museum at Hiroshima Jogakuin University, located in the city’s Higashi Ward, has in its archives a violin that survi...

Chronicle: Akito Hirotani—Miracle violin that survived the A-bombing, Part 8

by Akito Hirotani, former English teacher living in Hiroshima City The vi...

Chronicle: Akito Hirotani—Miracle violin that survived the A-bombing, Part 7

by Akito Hirotani, former English teacher living in Hiroshima City Sergei P...

Chronicle: Akito Hirotani—Miracle violin that survived the A-bombing, Part 6

by Akito Hirotani, former English teacher living in Hiroshima City About ...

Chronicle: Akito Hirotani—Miracle violin that survived the A-bombing, Part 5

by Akito Hirotani, former English teacher living in Hiroshima City Immedi...

Chronicle: Akito Hirotani—Miracle violin that survived the A-bombing, Part 4

by Akito Hirotani, former English teacher living in Hiroshima City Before...

Chronicle: Akito Hirotani—Miracle violin that survived the A-bombing, Part 3

by Akito Hirotani, former English teacher living in Hiroshima City As Ser...

75% of Japan’s public backs TPNW, in poll by U.S. researchers, revealing divide with resistant Japanese government

Mar. 22, 2021 Opinion

Stephen Herzog, 34, a research fellow with the Project on Managing the Atom at Harvard University and other researchers have conducted a survey of public opinion in Japan regarding the Treaty on the P...

An appeal for the Afghans we know and love

Amid continuing turmoil, a new generation was being nurtured that given peace, e...

Editorial: IOC President Bach to visit Hiroshima, but is he ready to commit to nuclear abolition?

Today, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach, who is in Ja...

Editorial: 25 years passes since ICJ’s advisory opinion about legality of nuclear weapons. It is now clear nuclear arms violate international law.

Yesterday marked the 25th anniversary since the International Court of Justice (...

Column: Matashichi Oishi passes from the scene

In a series of paintings titled “The Hiroshima Panels,” created by the couple Ir...

Ruling and opposition Diet members debate Japan’s participation in meetings of States Parties to TPNW as observer, calling for proactive consideration

On February 12, in response to the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibi...

Editorial: TPNW and Japan—Nation should play a leading role, not simply as mediator, to realize world free from nuclear weapons　

The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) came into force yesterda...