Before the service, a new bell donated by U.S. Catholics rang out for the first time in one of the two bell towers of Urakami ...

On August 6, 1945, American bomber Enola Gay dropped the 'Little Boy' atomic bomb on Hiroshima. By the end of the day, 45,000 ...

It's entirely possible to visit Japan for less. An Asia travel expert has shared her top budget destinations in the country, ...

Prayer is the most powerful means to bring peace to souls, to give them happiness, because it brings them closer to God’s love. … Only through prayer can o ...

This week marks the 80th anniversary of our country dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. A few days after the ...

As numbers of atomic bomb survivors decline, can such deeply personal, traumatic memories truly be passed on to someone who did not live through them?

# The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which was a multilateral pact that banned all nuclear test explosions, followed in the 1990s. # It was designed to prevent development of new nuclear ...

People in Staffordshire are warmly invited to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, marking Japan’s surrender in the Second World War.

James "Jim" Wren, one of the oldest surviving veterans of the Second World War, recounted his experience over a cup of tea at the Sarum Manor Care Home in Salisbury.

VE Day often overshadows VJ Day, descendants of Second World War veterans have said during a screening of their wartime ...

Lanterns carrying the names of the dead floated across Jackson Park’s koi pond last week as more than 300 people gathered for ...