The park is in Nakajima, which was once the city center and home to an estimated 6,500 people before ... After the war, the city of Hiroshima decided to build a park in the area as a memorial to ...

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito has paid respects to atomic bombing victims in Hiroshima as the city marks the 80th anniversary of ...

The arch-shaped cenotaph for atomic bomb victims, where the city of Hiroshima holds its annual Aug. 6 peace ceremony, may be ...

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Once the Hiroshima ... Standing before the cenotaph, one cannot help but be moved by the gravity of its message. The Peace Memorial Museum serves as an educational cornerstone of the park ...

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel and Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui signed a sister park agreement on Thursday for Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial ... the “morning after” pill and birth ...

At least, I did before ... deck facing Peace Park’s memorials feels pensive and deliberately designed to encourage reflection after a visit to the museum and park. Again, Hiroshima as a city ...

The observance came two months after Hiroshima ... out a peace declaration during a ceremony to mark the 78th anniversary of the world’s first atomic bomb attack at the Peace Memorial Park.

HIROSHIMA -- The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, located in the heart of the ... speak with second-generation hibakusha Takao Miyakaku, right, before the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima's Naka ...

Russian Ambassador to Japan Mikhail Galuzin on Thursday offered flowers at a memorial epitaph in the park ... Hiroshima, said he hoped to share his pledge with other G-7 leaders “before the ...

Peace Memorial Park: One of the most prominent features of the city; the park encompasses more than 120,000 square meters. Before the blast ... left standing after the blast.

TOKYO — Hiroshima and Pearl Harbor, two symbols of World War II animosity between Japan and the United States, are now promoting peace and friendship through a sister park arrangement.