On Wednesday, residents of Hiroshima will pause to remember the day — exactly 80 years ago — that changed the course of history. The device that exploded over Hiroshima destroyed about two-thirds of ...

TOKYO — A Japanese atomic bomb survivor who spent decades researching American prisoners of war killed in the Hiroshima attack has died at age 88. Shigeaki Mori devoted nearly 50 years to uncovering ...

Hiroshima, on Wednesday, August 6, 2025, marked the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city in a ceremony of remembrance, but it was an event also aimed, psychologically, at preventing ...

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Barack Obama (L) hugs atomic bomb survivor Shigeaki Mori as he visits Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Barack Obama (L) hugs ...

FILE - U.S. President Barack Obama, second from left, shakes hands with Shigeaki Mori, an atomic bomb survivor and a creator of the memorial for American WWII POWs killed in Hiroshima, during a ...

Shigeaki Mori, a Japanese atomic bomb survivor in Hiroshima and a historian but best known for a big hug he was given by then U.S. President Barack Obama during his historic visit to the city a decade ...