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Nagasaki

In this Aug. 9, 1945, file photo, a giant column of smoke rises after the second atomic bomb ever used in warfare explodes over the Japanese port town of Nagasaki, Japan.
Arts, Culture & Media
‘Oppenheimer’ film ‘fails’ to show devastation of atom bombs in postwar Japan, critics say
A man is shown walking on the street with a white bandage around his head with security officers standing nearby.
Top of The World
Mourning and anger amid devastation after Beirut explosion; One-third of Afghanistan may have had COVID-19; 75-years since Hiroshima bombing
Ivy Mike
Conflict
What you need to know about modern nuclear war
When Yuji Onuma was a kid, he lived in Futaba, a part of Fukushima. Today, he has kids of his own — but they can’t go near Futaba. Here, he wears protective clothing during a visit to his old house.
Books
Photos: See Japan’s nuclear legacy — from Fukushima to Hiroshima
Hiroshima survivor Sunao Tsuboi is seen at a French nuclear test site in In-Ekker near Ain Meguel, February 16, 2007.
Conflict
‘I still hate the glow of the setting sun’: Hiroshima survivors tell their stories
November 1945. Hiroshima, Japan.
Global Politics
Photos: Hiroshima after the atomic bomb
Hiroshima residents release paper lanterns on the Motoyasu river facing the gutted Atomic Bomb Dome in remembrance of atomic bomb victims on the 67th anniversary of the bombing.
Justice
Japanese and Americans remember the closing chapter of World War II so very differently
Global Politics
Too hot to handle? Public schools struggle with controversy
Business, Economics and Jobs
Popularity of Western-Style Weddings in Japan Creates Demand for White Officiants
Arts, Culture & Media
Atomic Particles and Teeny Bikinis
Blog: Returning Home to Japan
Radiation Explainer: What it Does, Why We’re Scared
Japan: The Effects of Disaster on the Cultural Psyche
Prescription for Survival