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Saplings grown from Hiroshima bomb 'survivor tree'

Seeds from a tree which survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima have taken root in Leicester ahead of the 80th anniversary ...
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Hiroshima survivor to reflect on atomic bombings in ceremony

Twelve-year old Sadae Kasaoka (birth name Hiraoka), a first-year student at a girls’ high school, was at home with her ...

80 years later, Hiroshima bombing survivors warn of new nuclear warfare

The Japanese city, on which America dropped the first atomic bomb near the end of World War II, is commemorating the ...

At 80th anniversary of Hiroshima bombing, survivors fear lessons may be forgotten as nuclear threat rises

There will be nobody left to pass on this sad and painful experience in 10 years or 20 years,” said Minoru Suzuto, a ...

How Meeting a Hiroshima Survivor Gave Me Hope

Koko Kondo's story is one of choosing forgiveness over hate—and is a lesson for humanity, writes David Cavell.

Eighty years on, Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivors are still calling for peace

Eighty years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, ageing survivors are urging the world to remember what was lost – and to imagine a ...

Hiroshima bombing survivors recall their experiences 80 years later

The 80th anniversary of the devastating attack on Hiroshima was commemorated with survivors recalling their experiences. NBC ...

Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor reflects on tragedy and new life in Australia

Northern NSW resident Cherry Watts was washing her newborn sister's nappies when her city was destroyed by an atomic bomb at ...

As Hiroshima marks 80 years since U.S. atomic bombing, survivor says "nuclear weapons and humanity cannot co-exist"

The United States dropped the world's first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945, during World War II.