As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the first use of a nuclear weapon, on the Japanese city of Hiroshima near the end of World War II, the planet is closer to seeing them used again than it ...

Survivors and their families gathered Saturday in rainy weather at Peace Park and nearby Hypocenter Park, located below the bomb’s exact detonation spot.

Japan and China are marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II with major events on different dates. Japan holds a solemn ceremony on August 15, the day Emperor Hirohito announced its ...

The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 resulted in Japan's surrender, ending World War II — and they changed the course of human history.

Watch these U.S. history documentaries to learn more about the making of the atom bombs used against Japan in WW2 and hear stories of Japanese survivors.

Atomic Echoes: Untold Stories From World War II Special | 57m 15s | CC Two friends, connected by family histories on opposite sides of World War II, set out to explore the lasting trauma of the ...

BENXI, China (AP) — Eighty years after the end of World War II, Japan and China are marking the anniversary with major events, but on different dates and in different ways. Japan remembers the ...