Ahead of the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, how Japan's leaders took their country into a conflict it would be impossible to win ...

More A-bomb survivors in Japan are sending written life stories to the government-run memorial halls in Hiroshima and ...

This week marks the 80th anniversary of President Harry Truman's fateful decision to drop atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (respectively, Aug. 6 and 9, 1945). To date, ...

Research 80 years after atomic bombings suggests high doses of radiation pose lower cancer risk than often assumed ...

The cities will celebrate their 'sister city' relationship this month, 80 years after the atomic bombings of Japan.

Ukraine’s ambassador is warning of a growing threat from China and Russia as Australia marks the end of World War II in the Pacific, saying what happens in his country could “open a Pandora’s box” in ...

As the 80th anniversary of V-J Day approaches, veteran Caster Salemi reflects on his World War II experiences at Hudson's ...

Devon poet Clare Bryden has written a moving piece for the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, honouring atomic bomb victims and ...

With fewer atomic bomb survivors still alive to share their stories, donated materials are becoming more and more vital for ...

The excerpt features Myra Mansfield's father, 10-year-old Stan Finch, a paper boy in Oak Ridge, on Au. 6, 1945 - when t he first bomb dropped.

People across Merseyside and beyond will mark the 80th anniversary of VJ Day tomorrow, August 15. In May this year, the ...

Eighty years later, the scars of the last American firebombing of a Japanese city remain — on the skin of a man who still ...