HIROSHIMA — The Hiroshima District Court on June 17 denied full medical coverage for survivors of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima who now live in the United States. The court turned down 13 plaintiffs’ demand for revoking earlier decisions by the state and Hiroshima prefectural governments that rejected their requests for full coverage under the […]
Thousands visit site of first nuclear bomb test 70 years on
April 16, 2015 by Leave a Comment
SAN ANTONIO — Cars, trucks, trailers and motorcycles, with license plates from numerous states, crawled in line miles long early April 4 as people flocked to the site where the world’s first atomic bomb was detonated in southern New Mexico’s Tularosa Basin. The wait to visit the Trinity Site was longer than expected but worth […]
Japanese scholars searching for dispersed A-bomb health records
August 8, 2013 by Leave a Comment
TOKYO — Japanese scholars are trying to locate records of early research on the health impact of radiation from the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, with the aim of creating a digital archive accessible from around the world. The group of scholars began by searching for photos, records of medical treatment and other […]
Truman’s grandson visits Hiroshima, meets A-bomb victims
August 9, 2012 by Leave a Comment
HIROSHIMA — Clifton Truman Daniel, the eldest grandson of former U.S. President Harry Truman, visited the Hiroshima on Aug. 4 and met with survivors of the wartime atomic bombing ordered by his grandfather. The 55-year-old former journalist listened to an 83-year-old survivor who said he had to leave his mother behind as he ran from […]
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