Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TOKYO -- The atomic bombings of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, and Nagasaki three days later brought a scale of destruction the ...

NAGASAKI—As more nations seek to go nuclear, participants discussed possible routes toward abolishing these weapons at The ...

Kunihio Iida, atomic bomb survivor and a volunteer guide speaks in English to foreign visitors looks app the sky in front of the Children's Peace Monument where the place where people offer paper ...

Japanese Defense Minister Koizumi Shinjiro has pointed to the need for a taboo-free nuclear debate. He spoke to reporters on ...

NAGASAKI, Japan — The southern Japanese city of Nagasaki on Saturday marked 80 years since the U.S. atomic attack that killed tens of thousands and left survivors who hope their harrowing memories can ...

An investigative document written by the Allied occupation headquarters in Japan in 1948 revealed that 12 U.S. prisoners of ...

Aug. 5 (UPI) --Remembrances in Japan, the United States and elsewhere mark the 80th anniversaries of the only instances of atomic weapons being used in military conflict and against civilian ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Just because an act happens to be atrocious does not mean that it is not simultaneously the most humane and compassionate thing to do under the circumstances. Sometimes the alternatives are much worse ...

TOKYO -- The atomic bombings of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, and Nagasaki three days later brought a scale of destruction the world had never seen. Many who survived the blasts died in the weeks, ...