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A mushroom cloud from a nuclear bomb.
Nuclear
How the race for nuclear power began
Oppenheimer, Strangelove, Smith
Full Episode
Arts, Culture & Media
Special Guest: Richard Rhodes
Arts, Culture & Media
American Prometheus
Arts, Culture & Media
Nuclear Monsters
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
November 1945. Hiroshima, Japan.
Global Politics
Photos: Hiroshima after the atomic bomb
Hiroshima atomic bomb app screen capture lead image
Global Politics
Experience Hiroshima — What if the atomic bomb hit your hometown?
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
Radiation hotspot in Kashiwa, February 2012
Conflict
They know: Hiroshima survivors help those in Fukushima overcome fear, discrimination
Aya Kano on board a ferry heading for the island of Ninoshima.
Conflict
How this granddaughter of A-bomb survivors learned to embrace her family history
An elderly Korean woman appears with her son and daughter-in-law at a hearing in Hiroshima to determine whether she is eligible for special rights accorded to survivors of the atomic bomb.
Justice
Korean survivors of Hiroshima have had to fight for their rights