Rain of Ruin: Tokyo, Hiroshima and the Surrender of Japan by Richard Overy
Richard Overy’s chilling new book Rain of Ruin charts the lead-up to Japan’s surrender in the second World War and is ...
Hiroshima celebrates 50 years of Sanyo Shinkansen bullet trains
A ceremony has been held in western Japan to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the full opening of the Sanyo Shinkansen bullet train line.
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'Eerie' sky, charred bodies: 80 years since Tokyo WWII firestorm
On her sixth birthday 80 years ago, Shizuko Nishio clung to her mother as US B-29 bombers started a firestorm that turned ...
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‘Eerie’ sky, charred bodies: WWII survivors recall 1945 Tokyo firebombing that killed 100,000 — so why is it overshadowed by Hiroshima?
On her sixth birthday 80 years ago, Shizuko Nishio clung to her mother as US B-29 bombers started a firestorm that turned ...
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Tokyo to invite stateless people born to Japanese in Philippines
TOKYO: The Japanese government plans to invite to Japan this summer stateless people born to Japanese nationals ...
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Japan's emperor marks his 65th birthday with a call to keep telling the tragedy of WWII to the young
His concern resonates especially with that of many survivors of U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August, 1945, who are worried about the lack of progress in nuclear disarmament ...
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Distance Between Tokyo and Hiroshima
The map below shows the location of Hiroshima and Tokyo. The blue line represents the straight line joining these two place. The distance shown is the straight line or the air travel distance ...
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After decades missing, Buddha statue to return to Hiroshima
HIROSHIMA--A large, ancient statue of Buddha ... taking up residence in places such as Yamagata Prefecture and Tokyo. It was enshrined at the Daibutsuden hall of Sairenji temple, located on ...