Saplings from a persimmon tree that survived the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima were planted in an event at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/06/japan/un-tree-plant/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hiroshima #atomicbombings #us #nuclearweapons #wwii #un #trees

A ceremony was held on Monday to mark the 67th anniversary of the Children's Peace Monument being unveiled at the Peace Memorial Park in the atomic-bombed city of Hiroshima. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/06/japan/hiroshima-monument-anniversary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hiroshima #atomicbombings #nuclearweapons #wwii #hibakusha

A representative of the atomic bomb survivor group Nihon Hidankyo has called for nuclear weapons to be eliminated, at the ongoing preparatory meeting for the 2026 Review Conference of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/01/japan/japan-hibakusha-npt-meet/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #npt #nuclearweapons #atomicbombings #usjapanrelations

The personal belongings of a man who died at age 26 in the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima on the same day he joined the now-defunct Imperial Japanese military are to be displayed at a relative's home. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/29/japan/history/abomb-victim-items/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #wwii #atomicbombings #michikotakagaki #imperialjapanesearmy #hiroshima

With this year marking the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the welfare ministry has begun collecting testimonies from the roughly 106,000 hibakusha survivors of the attacks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/28/japan/japan-to-collect-hibakusha-testimonies/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #atomicbombings #hiroshima #nagasaki #wwii #mhlw

Merely getting the word out about the horrors of nuclear war isn't enough to prevent it. Japan needs to be more realistic about how atomic armaments may help preserve peace. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/04/21/japan/japan-nuclear-deterrence-lack-of-debate/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #hiroshima #nagasaki #nihonhidankyo #nuclearweapons #atomicbombings #defense #us #tpnw

A multinational group of experts advocating a world without nuclear weapons has outlined several principles in its call for urgent action to prevent a nuclear war. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/01/japan/nuclear-war-prevention/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nuclearweapons #atomicbombings #nagasaki

Italian President Sergio Mattarella visited Hiroshima on Saturday where he laid flowers at the cenotaph for the victims of the 1945 atomic bombing in Peace Memorial Park. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/09/japan/italian-hiroshima-peace-park/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sergiomattarella #hiroshima #atomicbombings #nuclearweapons #wwii

A group of Japanese high school students called for the abolition of nuclear weapons Wednesday in New York, where a meeting of signatories to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is underway. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/06/japan/society/students-nuclear-abolition/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #highschools #students #atomicbombings #nuclearweapons #newyork #un #nihonhidankyo #indigenouspeople #nobelprize

A senior official of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Nihon Hidankyo urged the world to push for the abolition of nuclear weapons during a meeting at U.N. headquarters in New York. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/04/japan/hidankyo-meeting-urge-abolition/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nihonhidankyo #wwii #us #nuclearweapons #atomicbombings #nobelprize #hiroshima #nagasaki

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi has signaled that Japan is unlikely to attend future meetings of signatories to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/03/japan/politics/hayashi-negative-future-meetings/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #yoshimasahayashi #nuclearweapons #atomicbombings #us #nihonhidankyo #nobelprize

The annual number of visitors to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, which shows how the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing devastated the city of Hiroshima, has exceeded 2 million for the first time. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/03/japan/hiroshima-museum-visitors/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hiroshima #nihonhidankyo #atomicbombings #nuclearweapons #wwii #nobelprize #museums

Over 80% of people in the United States do not know that the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, or Nihon Hidankyo, won last year's Nobel Peace Prize, a survey has shown. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/16/japan/us-hidankyo-unawareness/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nihonhidankyo #us #atomicbombings #nuclearweapons #nobelprize #awards #surveys

Nihon Hidankyo held a meeting in Tokyo on Saturday to report on its reception of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize at the award ceremony in Norway in December. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/02/japan/society/hidankyo-reports-nobel-prize-ceremony/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #nobelprize #awards #nihonhidankyo #nuclearweapons #atomicbombings #hibakusha

The mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have requested that U.S. President Donald Trump visit the atomic-bombed cities this year, the 80th anniversary of the attacks and the end of World War II. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/28/japan/politics/trump-hiroshima-nagasaki-mayors-invite/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #hiroshima #nagasaki #donaldtrump #us #atomicbombings #history #wwii #nuclearweapons

Nihon Hidankyo has expressed disappointment over being denied the opportunity to discuss Japan’s participation in a U.N. conference on banning nuclear weapons during a meeting with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/08/japan/politics/ishiba-hidankyo-meeting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #nobelprize #awards #nihonhidankyo #nuclearweapons #atomicbombings #hibakusha #defense #hiroshima #nagasaki #shigeruishiba

Members of Nihon Hidankyo, a group of hibakusha, made a visit to a cenotaph for deceased victims in Hiroshima to mark its receipt of this year's Nobel Peace Prize. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/18/japan/nihon-hidankyo-hiroshima-visit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nobelprize #awards #nihonhidankyo #nuclearweapons #atomicbombings #hibakusha #hiroshima

Nihon Hidankyo has raised ¥44.7 million from about 5,300 people in its crowdfunding campaign that ended Sunday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/16/japan/nihon-hidankyo-crowdfunding/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nihonhidankyo #nobelprize #crowdsourcing #atomicbombings

The Hiroshima High Court has turned down second-generation hibakusha's appeal for state compensation, upholding a ruling by the Hiroshima District Court. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/13/japan/crime-legal/second-generation-hibakusha/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #hiroshima #hibakusha #japanesecourts #atomicbombings #nuclearweapons #discrimination

Hibakusha from the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, or Nihon Hidankyo, have visited a high school in Oslo to share their experiences with students. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/12/japan/hibakusha-experiences-students/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #atomicbombings #nuclearweapons #students #hibakusha #nihonhidankyo #norway