Hideki Soejima News Today

AKITAKATA, Hiroshima Prefecture--Large trucks were densely lined up in a parking lot here on a recent three-day holiday period under a clear autumn sky.

Anti-nuclear activists lamented the death of musical composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, who held the belief that “nuclear and human beings cannot coexist.”

HIROSHIMA—Expressing deep disappointment in nuclear disarmament talks this year, members of an international panel against nuclear weapons are planning new approaches to reignite momentum toward a nuke-free world.

Atomic bomb survivors and Japanese anti-nuclear activists slammed Russia over the failure of a U.N. nuclear disarmament review conference to adopt a joint declaration, and also decried the arrogance of four other nuclear powers.

HIROSHIMA--Russian Ambassador to Japan Mikhail Galuzin made an unannounced visit to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on Aug. 4, two days before this city hosts a service dedicated to victims of the atomic bombing.

A violin that was owned by a Russian and miraculously survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima has been given a second life as a memento of the atrocity and a symbol of a desire for peace.

Atomic bomb survivors and experts were generally receptive to a Jan. 3 joint statement by the five established nuclear powers on reducing the threat of nuclear war, but called for action, not just words.