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81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Catholics carry the surviving bust of a statue of the Virgin Mary that was damaged in the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, during a torchlight procession in the southwestern Japan city on Aug. 9, 2026, the 81st anniversary of the blast.

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81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Catholics carry the surviving bust of a statue of the Virgin Mary that was damaged in the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, during a torchlight procession in the southwestern Japan city on Aug. 9, 2026, the 81st anniversary of the blast.

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81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Catholics carry the surviving bust of a statue of the Virgin Mary that was damaged in the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, during a torchlight procession in the southwestern Japan city on Aug. 9, 2026, the 81st anniversary of the blast.

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81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Catholics carry the surviving bust of a statue of the Virgin Mary that was damaged in the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, during a torchlight procession in the southwestern Japan city on Aug. 9, 2026, the 81st anniversary of the blast.

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81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Catholics carry the surviving bust of a statue of the Virgin Mary that was damaged in the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, during a torchlight procession in the southwestern Japan city on Aug. 9, 2026, the 81st anniversary of the blast.

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81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Paper cranes are placed in the park marking the hypocenter of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 8, 2026, the eve of the 81st anniversary of the blast.

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81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Paper cranes are placed in the park marking the hypocenter of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 8, 2026, the eve of the 81st anniversary of the blast.

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81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Ambassadors to Japan head to the cenotaph marking the hypocenter of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, to lay flowers on Aug. 8, 2026, the eve of the 81st anniversary of the blast.

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81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Ambassadors to Japan head to the cenotaph marking the hypocenter of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, to lay flowers on Aug. 8, 2026, the eve of the 81st anniversary of the blast.

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81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Ambassadors to Japan head to the cenotaph marking the hypocenter of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, to lay flowers on Aug. 8, 2026, the eve of the 81st anniversary of the blast.

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81st A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Ambassadors to Japan head to the cenotaph marking the hypocenter of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, to lay flowers on Aug. 8, 2026, the eve of the 81st anniversary of the blast.

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Japan Prince Hisahito visits A-bomb-hit school in Hiroshima

Japanese Prince Hisahito visits a peace museum built at an elementary school in Hiroshima that survived the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing on Aug. 7, 2026, a day after the 81st anniversary of the attack on the western Japan city. The blast left about 400 students dead at the school. (Pool photo)

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Japan Prince Hisahito visits A-bomb-hit school in Hiroshima

Japanese Prince Hisahito visits a peace museum built at an elementary school in Hiroshima that survived the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing on Aug. 7, 2026, a day after the 81st anniversary of the attack on the western Japan city. The blast left about 400 students dead at the school. (Pool photo)

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Japan Prince Hisahito visits A-bomb-hit school in Hiroshima

Japanese Prince Hisahito visits a peace museum built at an elementary school in Hiroshima that survived the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing on Aug. 7, 2026, a day after the 81st anniversary of the attack on the western Japan city. The blast left about 400 students dead at the school. (Pool photo)

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Memorial event in S. Korea for Korean A-bomb victims

A memorial service is held for Korean victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima in Hapcheon County, South Korea, on Aug. 6, 2026, the attack's 81st anniversary. The area is home to many Korean survivors who had been living in Hiroshima under colonial rule at the time of the blast.

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81st anniversary of U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (R) dedicates a list of names of atomic bomb victims at the cenotaph at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on Aug. 6, 2026, the 81st anniversary of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city.

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Memorial event for Korean A-bomb victims

A memorial service is held for 2,826 Korean victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima in Peace Memorial Park in the western Japan city on the eve of the attack's 81st anniversary on Aug. 5, 2026.

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Memorial event for Korean A-bomb victims

A memorial service is held for 2,826 Korean victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima in Peace Memorial Park in the western Japan city on the eve of the attack's 81st anniversary on Aug. 5, 2026.

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Streetcar that survived Hiroshima A-bomb operates for guided tours

A streetcar that survived the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima is used for guided tours in the western Japan city on Aug. 2, 2026, ahead of the 81st anniversary on Aug. 6 of the World War II tragedy. Passengers taking part in the tour, available through the end of October mainly on Saturdays and Sundays, are given tablets that display the city's landscape immediately after the attack.

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[Breaking News]Airing of Hiroshima A-bomb victims list

HIROSHIMA, Japan, May 20 Kyodo - Hiroshima city officials air out books listing the names of victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city after removing them from a stone chamber beneath the cenotaph for the victims at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on May 20, 2026. The officials also turned each page to check the condition of the 130 books, which contain a total of 349,246 names, ahead of the rainy season. (Kyodo)

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Airing of Hiroshima A-bomb victims list

Hiroshima city officials air out books listing the names of victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city after removing them from a stone chamber beneath the cenotaph for the victims at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on May 20, 2026. The officials also turned each page to check the condition of the 130 books, which contain a total of 349,246 names, ahead of the rainy season.

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Airing of Hiroshima A-bomb victims list

Hiroshima city officials air out books listing the names of victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city after removing them from a stone chamber beneath the cenotaph for the victims at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on May 20, 2026. The officials also turned each page to check the condition of the 130 books, which contain a total of 349,246 names, ahead of the rainy season.

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Airing of Hiroshima A-bomb victims list

Hiroshima city officials air out books listing the names of victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city after removing them from a stone chamber beneath the cenotaph for the victims at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on May 20, 2026. The officials also turned each page to check the condition of the 130 books, which contain a total of 349,246 names, ahead of the rainy season.

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Airing of Hiroshima A-bomb victims list

Hiroshima city officials take books listing the names of victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city out of a stone chamber beneath the cenotaph for the victims at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on May 20, 2026. A total of 130 books containing a total of 349,246 names were aired out ahead of the rainy season.

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Hidankyo secretary general in New York

Jiro Hamasumi (L), secretary general of Hidankyo, Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors and winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, holds talks with U.N. Undersecretary General for disarmament affairs Izumi Nakamitsu (R) at the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 29, 2026. Hamasumi, who was exposed to radiation from the 1945 Hiroshima atomic bombing while still in his mother's womb, visited New York to observe the 2026 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

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NPT review conference kicks off

Jiro Hamasumi (C), secretary general of Hidankyo, Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors and winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, observes the opening day of the 2026 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons at the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 27, 2026. Hamasumi was exposed to radiation from the 1945 Hiroshima atomic bombing while still in his mother's womb.

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Japan-U.S. ceremony for Battle of Iwojima fallen

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi views a memorial monument for the 29,000 Japanese and U.S. soldiers who died in the 1945 Battle of Iwojima during World War II, during a visit to the Pacific Ocean island, currently called Iwoto Island, on March 28, 2026. A Japan-U.S. joint ceremony for the fallen was held the same day.

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Japan-U.S. ceremony for Battle of Iwojima fallen

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (2nd from R) attends a Japan-U.S. joint memorial service for the 29,000 Japanese and U.S. soldiers who died in the 1945 Battle of Iwojima during World War II, held on the Pacific Ocean island, currently called Iwoto Island, on March 28, 2026.

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Japan-U.S. ceremony for Battle of Iwojima fallen

A Japan-U.S. joint memorial service for the 29,000 Japanese and U.S. soldiers who died in the 1945 Battle of Iwojima during World War II is held on the Pacific Ocean island, currently called Iwoto Island, on March 28, 2026.

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Japan-U.S. ceremony for Battle of Iwojima fallen

A Japan-U.S. joint memorial service for the 29,000 Japanese and U.S. soldiers who died in the 1945 Battle of Iwojima during World War II is held on the Pacific Ocean island, currently called Iwoto Island, on March 28, 2026.

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Japan-U.S. ceremony for Battle of Iwojima fallen

A Japan-U.S. joint memorial service for the 29,000 Japanese and U.S. soldiers who died in the 1945 Battle of Iwojima during World War II is held on the Pacific Ocean island, currently called Iwoto Island, on March 28, 2026.

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Japan-U.S. ceremony for Battle of Iwojima fallen

A Japan-U.S. joint memorial service for the 29,000 Japanese and U.S. soldiers who died in the 1945 Battle of Iwojima during World War II is held on the Pacific Ocean island, currently called Iwoto Island, on March 28, 2026.

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Japan-U.S. ceremony for Battle of Iwojima fallen

A Japan-U.S. joint memorial service for the 29,000 Japanese and U.S. soldiers who died in the 1945 Battle of Iwojima during World War II is held on the Pacific Ocean island, currently called Iwoto Island, on March 28, 2026.

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Japan-U.S. ceremony for Battle of Iwojima fallen

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi meets the press after attending a Japan-U.S. joint memorial service for the 29,000 Japanese and U.S. soldiers who died in the 1945 Battle of Iwojima during World War II, held on the Pacific Ocean island, currently called Iwoto Island, on March 28, 2026.

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Japan-U.S. ceremony for Battle of Iwojima fallen

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks during a Japan-U.S. joint memorial service for the 29,000 Japanese and U.S. soldiers who died in the 1945 Battle of Iwojima during World War II, held on the Pacific Ocean island, currently called Iwoto Island, on March 28, 2026.

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Japan-U.S. ceremony for Battle of Iwojima fallen

A Japan-U.S. joint memorial service for the 29,000 Japanese and U.S. soldiers who died in the 1945 Battle of Iwojima during World War II is held on the Pacific Ocean island, currently called Iwoto Island, on March 28, 2026.

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Japan-U.S. ceremony for Battle of Iwojima fallen

A Japan-U.S. joint memorial service for the 29,000 Japanese and U.S. soldiers who died in the 1945 Battle of Iwojima during World War II is held on the Pacific Ocean island, currently called Iwoto Island, on March 28, 2026.

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Japan-U.S. ceremony for Battle of Iwojima fallen

A Japan-U.S. joint memorial service for the 29,000 Japanese and U.S. soldiers who died in the 1945 Battle of Iwojima during World War II is held on the Pacific Ocean island, currently called Iwoto Island, on March 28, 2026.

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Public access to Hiroshima Castle tower ends

Hiroshima Castle's tower is illuminated on the final day of its public opening in Hiroshima, western Japan, on March 22, 2026. A 68-year history of public access to the castle tower, rebuilt in 1958 following its destruction in the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing, ended due to its aging.

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Japan imperial family

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike (far L) talks to Japan's Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Aiko (far R) on Oct. 23, 2025, at the Tokyo metropolitan memorial hall, which honors the estimated 100,000 people killed during U.S. air raids on the capital on the night of March 10, 1945, toward the end of World War II. (Pool photo)

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Emperor visits WWII victim memorial hall in Tokyo

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (2nd from R) and their daughter, Princess Aiko, meet with a bereaved family member at the Tokyo metropolitan memorial hall on Oct. 23, 2025. It honors an estimated 100,000 people who were killed in a single night during U.S. air raids toward the end of World War II on March 10, 1945. (Pool photo)

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Emperor visits WWII victim memorial hall in Tokyo

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (2nd from R) and their daughter, Princess Aiko, meet with a bereaved family member at the Tokyo metropolitan memorial hall on Oct. 23, 2025. It honors an estimated 100,000 people who were killed in a single night during U.S. air raids toward the end of World War II on March 10, 1945. (Pool photo)

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Emperor visits WWII victim memorial hall in Tokyo

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (C) and their daughter, Princess Aiko, offer flowers at the Tokyo metropolitan memorial hall on Oct. 23, 2025. It honors an estimated 100,000 people who were killed in a single night during U.S. air raids toward the end of World War II on March 10, 1945. (Pool photo)

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Emperor visits WWII victim memorial hall in Tokyo

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (C) and their daughter, Princess Aiko, bow at the Tokyo metropolitan memorial hall on Oct. 23, 2025. It honors an estimated 100,000 people who were killed in a single night during U.S. air raids toward the end of World War II on March 10, 1945. (Pool photo)

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"Evil Unbound" released in China

Photo shows an advertisement of Chinese war-themed film "Evil Unbound" at a movie theater in Beijing on Sept. 18, 2025, the 94th anniversary of the Mukden Incident that led to Japan's occupation of China's northeast through 1945, ahead of its release later in the day. The film tells the story of the Imperial Japanese Army's notorious Unit 731, which conducted human experiments on prisoners of war for biological and chemical warfare research in China during World War II.

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"Evil Unbound" released in China

Photo shows an advertisement of Chinese war-themed film "Evil Unbound" at a movie theater in Beijing on Sept. 18, 2025, the 94th anniversary of the Mukden Incident that led to Japan's occupation of China's northeast through 1945, ahead of its release later in the day. The film tells the story of the Imperial Japanese Army's notorious Unit 731, which conducted human experiments on prisoners of war for biological and chemical warfare research in China during World War II.

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"Evil Unbound" released in China

Photo shows an advertisement of Chinese war-themed film "Evil Unbound" at a movie theater in Beijing on Sept. 18, 2025, the 94th anniversary of the Mukden Incident that led to Japan's occupation of China's northeast through 1945, ahead of its release later in the day. The film tells the story of the Imperial Japanese Army's notorious Unit 731, which conducted human experiments on prisoners of war for biological and chemical warfare research in China during World War II.

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"Evil Unbound" released in China

Photo shows an advertisement of Chinese war-themed film "Evil Unbound" at a movie theater in Beijing on Sept. 18, 2025, the 94th anniversary of the Mukden Incident that led to Japan's occupation of China's northeast through 1945, ahead of its release later in the day. The film tells the story of the Imperial Japanese Army's notorious Unit 731, which conducted human experiments on prisoners of war for biological and chemical warfare research in China during World War II.

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CALCIO - Serie C Italia - Salernitana vs Sorrento

Eugenio D'Ursi of Sorrento Calcio 1945 competes for the ball with Ettore Quirino of US Salerntiamna 19191 during the Soccer Serie C Sky Wifi US Salernitana 1919 vs AC Sorrento at Stadio Arechi

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CALCIO - Serie C Italia - Salernitana vs Sorrento

of Sorrento Calcio 1945 in action during the Soccer Serie C Sky Wifi US Salernitana 1919 vs AC Sorrento at Stadio Arechi