by Kana Kobayashi, Staff Writer On January 22, two years after the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) that comprehensively bans nuclear weapons went into effect, A-bomb survivors...

Hiroshima Summit, May 19-21: Citizens Council for Hiroshima Summit to invite media to cover reality of A-bombing

On January 17, ahead of the summit meeting of the G7 (The Group of Seven industr...

Blood-stained shirt donated last spring to the Peace Museum tells of child’s last moment

“I wanted to cry out for my child, who would never come back.” Father describes ...

Exhibit facilities of Honkawa Elementary School, Fukuromachi Elementary School and former Outpatient Ward of Teishin Hospital to serve as Peace Museum’s affiliated facilities

Hiroshima City aims to enhance ability to disseminate information by Kana Kob...

Prewar Mamiya 6 camera, donated by Sugahara in Hiroshima, is exhibited in lobby of Chugoku Shimbun headquarters building

Late Yoshito Matsushige, photographer, also used Mamiya 6 camera regularly by...

Hiroshima Summit, May 19-21: Pianist Martha Argerich calls for protection of lives beyond nationality

Message to the Chugoku Shimbun Concerned about young victims due to Russian...

by Michiko Tanaka, Senior Staff Writer Hiroshima, the A-bombed city, is to be the venue of the summit meeting of G7 (The Group of Seven industrialized nations) from May 19 through 21. The area of...

Hiroshima Voices: “No Nukes, No War” Tsuneaki Suzuki, 91, A-bomb survivor, Fuchu-cho, Hiroshima Prefecture

“War [use of nuclear weapons] robs the daily lives [and smiles] of families” ...

Hiroshima Voices: “No Nukes, No War” Tetsuya Matsuda, 53, second-generation A-bomb survivor, company executive, Naka Ward, Hiroshima

Recovery from nothing amid ruins Tetsuya Matsuda is chairperson of Hiroshima ...

Hiroshima Voices: “No Nukes, No War” Akio Yoshida, 53, director general, Holocaust Education Center, resident of Fukuyama City

People created nuclear weapons; people must put a halt to them. Since 1996,...

Hiroshima Voices: “No Nukes, No War” Thomas Hajnoczi, 67, former director of department of disarmament, Austria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Countries that use nuclear weapons would also suffer devastating nuclear respons...

Hiroshima Voices: “No Nukes, No War” Mayu Seto, 31, singer-songwriter, Kure City, Hiroshima Prefecture

Everyone is responsible for creating a society with nuclear weapons While pur...

Hiroshima Voices: “No Nukes, No War” Makoto Koga, 82, former secretary-general, Liberal Democratic Party, Miyama City, Fukuoka Prefecture

Politics exists to achieve peace Mr. Koga has assumed many positions in the w...

Uphold integrity of NPT by Michiko Tanaka, Senior Staff Writer Jean-Eric Paquet, Ambassador-Designate of the European Union (EU) to Japan, agreed to an interview with the Chugoku Shimbun in ...

Hiroshima Summit 2023: Interview with Julia Longbottom, UK Ambassador to Japan—Summit in A-bombed city can be forum for unity

UK to work closely with Japan for nuclear disarmament by Yumi Kanazaki, Sta...

Remembering Issey Miyake: his distance from Hiroshima and mixed feelings

by Izumiko Soda When asked about his starting point, Issey Miyake mentioned...

Akiko Mikamo, 60, writer of film that shows her father’s experience of atomic bombing, distributes film free of charge

by Fumiyasu Miyano, Staff Writer What Akiko Mikamo wanted to convey was her...