Nuclear weapons would only lead to destruction by Kana Kobayashi, Staff Writer American singer-songwriter and poet Patti Smith visited Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima’s Naka Ward on April 28. A...

39 years after Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster: People in Hiroshima stage a sit-in protest, arguing “Humans and nuclear power cannot coexist”

by Maho Yamamoto, Staff Writer On April 26, the day marking the 39th annivers...

[2025 NPT Preparatory Committee] Interview with Harold Agyeman, Permanent Representative of Ghana to the United Nations and chair of NPT Preparatory Committee: Nuclear-armed nations should indicate a will to advance nuclear disarmament

Ambassador Agyeman commits to make efforts for adoption of recommendation at pre...

King of Denmark lays flowers at the Cenotaph for the A-bomb Victims

by Koji Higuchi, Staff Writer On April 25, King Frederic X of Denmark, curren...

Learning about threat of nuclear weapons: Report on American Red Cross program delivered at Hiroshima Red Cross

by Satoshi Hirata, Staff Writer The Japanese and American chapters of the Red...

Documenting Hiroshima 80 years after the A-bombing: November 1974, the “king of football”

Pelé could not leave Japan without visiting the Cenotaph for A-bomb Victims b...

Documenting Hiroshima of 1946: April, Haiku group founded for revival of culture

by Maho Yamamoto, Staff Writer In April 1946, Kairo, a haiku group, was found...

She shares her experience with her colleagues’ sorrows in mind by Michiko Tanaka, Senior Staff Writer The “Ayumi group” was established by young people who had tried hard at life for a decade af...

Documenting of Hiroshima, Witnesses: Michiko Matsui (Part 1)

All young members gathered for the Ayumi group had gloomy eyes A couple who h...

Survivors’ Stories: Hiroshi Shimizu, 82, Higashi Ward, Hiroshima City: His A-bomb testimony focusing on the “decade of void”

Suffered from diarrhea in his childhood, and always said “I feel tired” by Ik...

Documenting Hiroshima 80 years after A-bombing: From August 6, 1945, to 2025 — August 1955, World Conference against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs

“Is it right that one atomic bomb should kill innocent people, the elderly, chil...

Documenting Hiroshima 80 years after A-bombing: From August 6, 1945, to 2025 — In June 1950, Korean War begins; in August, Peace Festival is canceled

“Amid the tense international situation today, I hope it is indicated to the wor...

Hiroshima and Film, Part 8: Yukihiro Morigaki―Film director and videographer

“Tokyo Monogatari” (‘Tokyo Story’; Released in 1953) Director: Yasujiro Ozu Exp...

Interview with Kenichi Okubo, President, Japan Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms by Makoto Iwasaki, Special Editorial Writer The “A-bomb trial,” in which the atomic bombings of Hiroshi...

Tetsuji Kumada, 67, newly appointed to post of secretary-general of Hiroshima Prefectural Confederation of A-bomb Sufferers Organizations

by Minami Yamashita, Staff Writer On July 3, Tetsuji Kumada, 67, assumed th...