The Atomic Bomb Dome, also known as the Genbaku Dome, stands as a haunting yet powerful reminder of the devastation wrought ...

Although many things to do in Hiroshima revolve around the devasting boming during WWII history, this is a city on the rise.

The president observed a moment of silent in front of the cenotaph and then toured the park, accompanied by Hiroshima Mayor ...

Why We Need a Trillion-Dollar Defense Budget Overhaul Foreign Aid to Serve American Interests The dropping of two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 ...

President Barack Obama is in Hiroshima, Japan Friday, the first sitting president to visit the site of the first wartime use of an atomic weapon. Speaking at the city's Peace Memorial Park ...

People at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park are writing messages on paper lanterns that will be floated down the river on Sunday evening to mourn those who died. Setsuko Thurlow, a Canada based 91 ...

Here is a description of how the day's events unfolded. Many people gathered at Hiroshima's Peace Memorial Park in the early hours on Sunday. They came to share their wishes for peace. A 80-year ...

The commemorative ceremony is held annually on Aug. 6 in front of a cenotaph at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park that reads, “Let all the souls here rest in peace; For we shall not repeat the ...

The somber annual ceremony was held three months after leaders of the Group of Seven and other invited nations stood at the same Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park to offer flowers to the 140,000 or so ...