TOKYO, Jan. 6, 2010 -- The only person officially recognized as having been twice in the bull's eye of atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki has died. Tsutomu Yamaguchi, aged 93, passed away Monday.

HIROSHIMA, Japan -- The city of Hiroshima in western Japan marks the 75th anniversary of the world's first nuclear attack on Thursday. Three days after its Aug. 6, 1945, bombing of Hiroshima, the ...

Three days after its Aug. 6, 1945, bombing of Hiroshima, the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki. Japan surrendered on Aug. 15, ending World War II and, more broadly, its ...

The atomic bomb dropped by the United States on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, destroyed the city, killing 140,000 people. A second bomb dropped three days later on Nagasaki killed 70,000 more.

Don't forget our pledge to the dead." These words were repeated by poet Sadako Kurihara (1913-2005), who survived the Hiroshima atomic bombing and consistently condemned the crime of nuclear weapons.

At 8.15am on August 6, 1945, the Japanese port city of Hiroshima was destroyed by a single bomb dropped by an American B-29 Superfortress. This incredibly powerful new weapon - codenamed Little ...

H I R O S H I M A, Japan, Aug 6 -- Heads bowed as a peace bell rang in Hiroshima today, honoring the memory of those who died 55 years ago when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the ...

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito paid respects to atomic bombing victims in Hiroshima as the city marks the 80th anniversary of the tragedy later this year. The atomic bomb dropped by the United States ...

HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — The city of Hiroshima in western Japan is marking the 75th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing. The Aug. 6, 1945, bombing was the world’s first nuclear attack.

Doves fly by the Atomic Bomb Dome during the ceremony of the 66th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, Saturday, Aug, 6, 2011.

3 v. illus., maps (part fold., part col.) 27 cm Place Japan Hiroshima-shi Hiroshima-shi (Japan) Data Source Smithsonian Libraries Topic Atomic bomb World War, 1939-1945 History siris_sil_184071 SIL ...