Japan’s aging atomic bomb survivors speak out against nuclear weapons

Palestinian delegation attends Hiroshima ceremony for first time

As the world watched in helpless horror the unfolding genocide in Gaza, leaving the Palestinian territory looking like the ground zero of a nuclear attack, the Japanese city of Hiroshima was marking 80 years since the US detonated the atomic bomb "Little Boy" on its population during the closing days of the Second World War. Present at the ceremony for the first time, by coincidence or design, was a delegation from Palestine, listening to Mayor …

As Hiroshima marks 80 years since U.S. atomic bombing, survivor says "nuclear weapons and humanity cannot co-exist"

The United States dropped the world's first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945, during World War II.

Survivors fear rising nuclear threat on 80th Hiroshima anniversary

The bombing of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, destroyed the city and killed 140,000 people.

Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor warns world is now in its 'most dangerous era'

"Why do these animals called humans like war so much?" said the survivor who has spent his life campaigning for nuclear disarmament.

Hiroshima Marks 80 Years Since Atomic Bombing as Aging Survivors Worry about Growing Nuke Threat

Hiroshima marked the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city, with many aging survivors expressing frustration about the growing support of global leaders for nuclear weapons as a deterrence.

Hiroshima survivors mark 80 years since atomic bomb devastated city

Mayor Kazumi Matsui warned against a growing acceptance of military build-ups and of using nuclear weapons for national security.