“Struggling a bit with a left arm that has never straightened out, Sumiteru Taniguchi slowly peeled the undershirt off his frail 86-year-old body to show two visitors his scars from the atomic bomb attack on Nagasaki.”
It was the 32nd annual lantern float Nebraskans for Peace has held since a group of American peace workers, including one from Nebraskans for Peace, traveled to Japan in 1981 to discuss with the Japanese the dangers of the nuclear…
“As ageing survivors, the relatives of victims and others remember the devastating blast that took place on Aug 9, 1945, Japan’s PM calls for an end to nuclear weapons”
“Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko are due to arrive in Peleliu on April 9. The couple will lay flowers before monuments dedicated to both the Japanese and American war dead. The visit is the imperial couple’s “pilgrimage” to mark the…
“I am a 91-year-young World War II veteran. Our great country has been involved in five wars since the end of World War II: the Cold War, Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf War and the Iraq-Afghan War…” A U.S. veteran’s solution…