The Japanese surrendered less than a week later on August 15. Within the first few months of the bombings, the effects killed 90,000-166,000 people in Hiroshima and 60,000-80,000 in Nagasaki.

They later dropped another bomb on the city of Nagasaki, and days later, Japan surrendered. The Russian government released never-before-seen footage of the aftermath in the two bombed cities that ...

Originally, the Americans targeted the city of Kokura, but decided to drop the bomb on Nagasaki after cloud cover ... he could not escape the effects of the radiation. He has had kidney and ...

A woman who survived the bombings of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki recently chose to come ... cases where the radiation led to long-term health effects, like cancer. Fukui said that is the true ...

This meant the rise in radiation-related illnesses, birth defects, and the long-term effects on the surrounding ... changed by the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. After suffering ...

The Nagasaki District Court has recognized 15 out of 44 plaintiffs who experienced radioactive "black rain" following the Nagasaki atomic bombing outside the state-designated relief zone as "A ...

the Nagasaki Doctor & Dentist Association here on May 11 released a digital map of locations where radioactive “black rain” fell in the immediate aftermath of the city’s atomic bombing in ...

NAGASAKI--A writer who survived the atomic bombing of this southern city believes ... reminds me of the aftermath of the attack on Nagasaki,” Tsuru said. “I would like readers to imagine ...

Nearly eight decades ago, the United States dropped nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and, a few days later, on Nagasaki, Japan. That week in August changed the world forever; ever since, the world’s ...

Shigemi Fukahori, a survivor of the 1945 Nagasaki atomic bombing, who devoted his life to advocating for peace and campaigning against nuclear weapons, has died. He was 93.

maimed and poisoned by the effects of the bomb’s radiation. Was the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki necessary? Lifting the Fog: The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is a provocative ...