Hiroshima

Nicknamed 'Little Boy', world's first nuclear bomb killed thousands instantly, about 140,000 by year end

Hundreds of thousands asked to evacuate Nagasaki, other parts of Kyushu to avoid floods, landslides

Tests will be offered to up to 800,000 people living and working in parts of the city

The very thought of a nuclear war causes a deep sense of worry, anxiety and anger. But it wasn’t always like this

He will arrive in Thailand on Wednesday before flying on to Japan on Saturday, where he will stay until November 26

Atomic bomb was unleashed by US forces on this day, exactly seventy-four years ago

'If the human family forgets history or stops confronting it, we could again commit a terrible error'

Japan’s Meteorological Agency issues special weather warnings across four prefectures in the west of Japan

Some 74,000 people died in the explosion, while thousands perished months or years later from radiation sickness

People of Hiroshima hold on to the past for a peaceful future

The United States continues to maintain the largest nuclear arsenal in the world

The trip comes more than seven decades after the Enola Gay bomber dropped its deadly atomic payload over the city

'It's important to recognise that in the midst of war, leaders make all kinds of decisions' Obama says

Officials in both countries have made clear they want to stress the present and future, not dig into the past

"Little Boy" and "Fat Man" had been dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki killing an estimated 214,000 people

Japan has long urged world leaders to visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki to see the horrors of the atomic bombings

Efforts should be made to strengthen the existing nuclear norms and to avoid making country-specific concessions

Washington will arrange with Japan his visit on May 27 when the G7 leaders summit wraps up

Obama considering a trip to Hiroshima late next month

Kerry visited with Group of Seven foreign ministers in Hiroshima before a G7 summit next month in Japan

Chinese paper criticises Japan for commemorating the atomic bombing without highlighting its own wartime aggression