Shigeaki Mori was 8 years old when he survived the Aug. 6, 1945 U.S. attack, only one and a half miles away from the blast.

Leaders of seven of the world’s most powerful democracies will gather this weekend for the Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima ...

Hiroshima is marking the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city. The bombing on Aug. 6, 1945, killed 140,000 people and a second bomb on Nagasaki (Aug. 9) killed ...

On Wednesday, residents of Hiroshima will pause to remember the day — exactly 80 years ago — that changed the course of history. The device that exploded over Hiroshima destroyed about two-thirds of ...

HIROSHIMA -- The main keep of Hiroshima Castle in this western Japan city's Naka Ward was closed on March 22. The structure ...

Shigeaki Mori, an atomic bomb survivor, spent decades researching the forgotten American prisoners of war killed in the Hiroshima attack.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Twelve-year old Sadae Kasaoka (birth name Hiraoka ), a first-year student at a girls’ high school, was at home with her ...

TOKYO — Shigeaki Mori, a Japanese atomic bomb survivor in Hiroshima and a historian but best known for a big hug he was given by then U.S. President Barack Obama during his historic visit to the city ...

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Barack Obama (L) hugs atomic bomb survivor Shigeaki Mori as he visits Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Barack Obama (L) hugs ...