Japan surrendered on Aug 15, ending World War II and its nearly half-century of aggression across Asia. In Nagasaki, part of ...

In Japan, bobtail cats are considered good luck and Nagasaki is the place to find them. They are known as “omagari neko (bent ...

On Aug. 9, 1945, U.S. forces detonated an atomic bomb over Nagasaki. Shiroyama Elementary School was only 500 meters (1,600 ...

In a photo gallery published May 26, 2025, about a survivor of the Nagasaki bombing in Japan, The Associated Press ...

Ahead of the 80th anniversary of its atomic bombing, which will be on Aug. 6 this year, the city of Hiroshima on Friday sent ...

Nagasaki Peace Statue as seen at the Peace Park in Nagasaki, western Japan (Image: AP) Suzuki said his city is returning to its "fundamental purpose" of the ceremony - to mourn the atomic bomb ...

The United States dropped its second atomic bomb on Nagasaki on 9 August 1945, three days after the first bombing of Hiroshima, together killing more than 210,000 people.

The mayor of Nagasaki on Thursday announced that the city will invite representatives “of all countries” and regions to the peace memorial marking the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the ...

TOKYO (AP) — The mayor of Nagasaki on Thursday announced that the city will invite representatives “of all countries” and regions to the peace memorial marking the 80th anniversary of the atomic ...

The Nagasaki Peace Statue at the Peace Park in Nagasaki, western Japan (Eugene Hoshiko/AP) The mayor of Nagasaki on Thursday announced that the city will invite representatives “of all countries ...

In 1992, the City of St. Paul commissioned and donated the first U.S. sculpture, “Constellation Earth,” to the Nagasaki Peace Park. With each visit, event and gift, specific individuals gave ...