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Hiroshima anniversary: mayor says Ukraine and Middle East crises show world ignoring nuclear ‘tragedies’
On 80th anniversary of atomic bombing, Kazumi Matsui urges younger people to recognise ‘inhumane’ consequences…
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Hiroshima’s fading legacy: the race to secure survivors’ memories amid a new era of nuclear brinkmanship
Eighty years on from the destruction of the city, registered survivors of the blast - known as hibakusha – hav…
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‘There wasn’t enough about the horror’: Hiroshima survivors react to Oppenheimer
Film about ‘father of the atomic bomb’ finally opens in Japan after being delayed by outrage at ‘Barbenheimer’…
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Japan and South Korea leaders mend fences in visit to Hiroshima memorial
Joint visit during G7 summit seen as further evidence of determination to overcome longstanding frictionJapan’…
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G7 leaders confront spectre of nuclear conflict on visit to Hiroshima memorial
At a ceremony opening the G7 summit in Japan, leaders laid wreaths and visited the museum commemorating the 19…
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Okonomiyaki: street food that helped rebuild Hiroshima in the G7 spotlight
As the city prepares for global leaders to arrive for the summit, restaurants are gearing up for a surge in vi…
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Hiroshima survivors urge G7 leaders to unite against atomic weapons
Almost eight decades after the bomb, G7 leaders will meet in the Japanese city where survivors are urging acti…
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Hiroshima survivors plead for nuclear-free world as global tensions rise
Survivors of 1945 atomic bomb express deep concern amid bellicose rhetoric from Russia and North KoreaToshiyuk…