Source close to PM Takaichi urges Japan to acquire nuclear arms; policy shift from pacifism may spark backlash at home and ...

From neon-lit cities to peaceful temples and mountain escapes, Japan offers diverse experiences that blend tradition, innovation and natural beauty in 2026.

As the title implies, Iain MacGregor’s The Hiroshima Men is a people-centric history of the atomic bombing of Japan in 1945.

In August 1945, the Soviet Union launched a massive and largely forgotten offensive into Japanese-occupied Manchuria. Known ...

The average age of survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 is now over 86. This presents a ...

A teenage girl who tragically lost her life in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima has been identified nearly 80 years later ...

He peered into the darkest corners of humanity and remained an optimist. By Jonathan Mahler ...

Premieres Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with KPBS+. Eighty years after the devastating atomic bombings ...

Hatsue Kajiyama, a 13-year-old girl killed in the Hiroshima atomic bombing, has been identified nearly eight decades later ...

The hair and ashes of a victim of the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima have been identified as that of a 13-year-old girl after ...

In a first, DNA testing has managed to link preserved remains of a Hiroshima victim to a teenage girl who disappeared after ...

This marks 1st successful case of atomic bomb victim identification using this method, with thousands of samples kept at ...