Topic: Hiroshima

NPB/ Swallows' Iihara hits walkoff home run

Yasushi Iihara smacked a ninth-inning walkoff solo home run on Tuesday night at Jingu Stadium as the Yakult Swallows continued their unlikely push...
Jason Standridge and Kyuji Fujikawa combined on a five-hit shutout as the Hanshin Tigers edged the Chunichi Dragons 1-0 in the opener of their...

A date to remember

Sixty-five years ago on Sept 2, 1945, World War II was officially ended with the signing of the peace agreements by members of the Japanese...

Preparing for 'deep landslides'

Unusually strong rains caused heavy damage in western Japan and the Chubu region this summer. For example, an evacuation order was issued to...

Adults get leukemia, too

Leukemia is the most common cancer in children. As a result, many people don't realize that it also affects adults. In fact, leukemia is most...
I am not sure if this is a good way to protect pedestrians, but a team of Japanese researchers developed them: airbags for use on the outside of...
Nobel peace prize winners call on Obama to visit HiroshimaFive Nobel peace laureates are calling on President Barack Obama to visit Hiroshima later this year to re-energize his call for a world without nuclear arms, strengthening a drive by the site of ...
Asia stops to remember end of World War II, prays for peace in tension-ridden regionAsia paused on Sunday to remember Japan's surrender to the allied forces which ended World War II 65 years ago, as the Japanese prime minister apologized for ...

Step by Step

Today is Nagasaki Day. Last Friday was Hiroshima Day. Sixty-five years ago, the United States dropping atomic bombs on these two Japanese cities...
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