Each day in early August 1945 that the Japanese war machine continued its work meant that thousands of Asian civilians and Allied soldiers would die.
Shinzo Abe accused of going awol as Japan tackles Covid surge
PM acclaimed Japan’s response as a model for the world, but has been largely silent amid record case rises …
Hiroshima bomb: Japan marks 75 years since nuclear attack
Bells have tolled in Hiroshima, Japan, to mark the 75th anniversary of the dropping of the world’s first atomic bomb. But memorial events were scaled back this year because of the pandemic. On 6 …
The U.S. hid Hiroshima’s human suffering. Then John Hersey went to Japan.
Hersey rewrote history and changed American journalism when he published a 30,000-word story in The New Yorker magazine chronicling what the bomb did to six victims of the atomic bomb.
The Latest: Japan Region Declares Coronavirus Emergency
The governor of Japan’s Aichi Prefecture has announced a regional “state of emergency” seeking to curb the coronavirus.
Asia Today: Central Japan region put under virus emergency
A governor in central Japan announced a state of emergency Thursday due to rising virus cases and asked businesses and people to curb their activities, especially during an upcoming holiday. Aichi …
How We Retain the Memory of Japan’s Atomic Bombings: Books
Literature is a refuge we turn to when we are forced to confront contradictions that lie beyond reason, writes the Japanese novelist Yoko Ogawa.
Hiroshima: Japan marks 75 years since first atomic bomb
Women survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs; In pictures: The Nagasaki bombing “On August 6, 1945, a single atomic bomb destroyed our city. Rumour at the time had it that …
Atomic bomb dropped on Japan’s Hiroshima 75 years ago still reverberates
It’s too late to stand up after everyone dies,” said Masaaki Takano, 82, who walked home from school amid the black rain of a nuclear bomb.
Bangladesh, Japan sign exchange of notes on emergency support to tackle COVID-19
The loan will be co-financed with ADB to enable rapid and effective utilization of the loan to counter the novel coronavirus …