Prince Hisahito turned 20 on Sunday as he faces growing attention as a future monarch in Japan following the government's unpopular revision to the Imperial House Law that reinforces male-only ...

An 18-year-old man in Hiroshima Prefecture was arrested Saturday for allegedly killing a 2-month-old baby, who was believed to be the son of the man.

This year marks the 80th anniversary of John Hersey’s “Hiroshima,” his sympathetic story of six Japanese men and women who ...

Letters: Dr Simon Nieder on the global efforts needed to curb the threats posed by AI. Plus letters from Dr Anthony Harris and David Kyler ...

There are fears that Russia could be considering using nuclear weapons in Ukraine as talks fail and strikes inside the ...

You’ve probably noticed that many of your favorite TV news anchors are on vacation right now, because the conventional wisdom is that nothing ever happens in August. That conventional wisdom has been ...

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The glassy sphere of hiroshimaite created in the atomic blast that contained a previously unknown metal alloy. L. Bindi et al., Science Advances, 2026 under CC-BY-4.0 On August 6, 1945, the United ...

On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. That first-ever use of an atomic weapon killed an estimated 140,000 people, most of whom were civilians. Three days ...