US and Israeli strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities have reignited the debate over nuclear weapons. But what is the nuclear ...

NAGASAKI -- One of the two bells from the former Urakami Cathedral here, which was destroyed by the U.S. atomic bombing during World War II, was recently unveiled after being restored with ...

FILE - Shigemi Fukahori is interviewed at the Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki, southern Japan, on July 29, 2020. Shigemi Fukahori, a survivor of the 1945 Nagasaki atomic bombing, who devoted his ...

Nagasaki was the intended secondary target ... was about to enter the Urakami Cathedral to receive the sacrament of penance and reconciliation, a conduct held in preparation for the upcoming ...

This historical gem, close to other landmarks of cultural exchange, like Glover Garden and the Oura Cathedral, is a must-see when visiting Nagasaki. Nagasaki is often known to visitors mostly as the ...

It exploded more than a mile off target, detonating almost directly over the cathedral (the largest in the Far East) in the Urakami district, home to most of Nagasaki’s 10,000 Catholics.

The six-member group was making a pilgrimage to the United States to present a replica of a cross from the Nagasaki cathedral that survived the bombing to Wilmington College in Ohio. The original ...

The six-member group was making a pilgrimage to the United States to present a replica of a cross from the Nagasaki cathedral that survived the bombing to Wilmington College in Ohio. The original ...

During a Nov. 23, 1945 mass funeral service in the ruins of Nagasaki’s cathedral, Nagai shared this view of the bombing “to help make sense of the trauma and begin community and individual ...