Hiroshima Interpreters News Today

Last May, Keiko Ogura was greeting some of the world's most powerful political leaders visiting her home city of Hiroshima, Japan, for the G7 Summit....

(left) G7 Summit World Leaders Visit Atomic Bomb Cenotaph (May 19, Hiroshima) Credit: Representative Photographer (right…

The atomic bomb is the deadliest weapon in the world. On Tuesday, five students at the University of Idaho presented the story of Keiko Ogura, held in the Lionel Hampton Music Building.  Keiko Ogura is an activist who experienced the atomic bomb with her family when she was just eight…

The atomic bombing survivor who met world leaders at the Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima in May says their visit to the city's peace museum had been a "significant first step" toward abolishing nuclear weapons even though survivors and activists remain divided over the event's achievements.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine is one of the top items on the agenda at this weekend’s summit, where leaders on Friday announced new sanctions on Moscow.

Zelenskyy has been pressing for more Western support for planes and military equipment, and earned new commitments for billions of dollars in additional military support during his recent trips to Germany, France, Italy and the United Kingdom - all G-7 members. Zelenskyy is now set to attend the G-7 summit in Japan.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is planning to attend the Group of Seven nations summit in person this weekend.

Jul 29, 2021 Kazuhiko Futagawa is one of the youngest survivors of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945. He was still in his mother’s womb at the time, eight months shy of being born. Now 75, Futagawa is eager to share his experiences as an “in-utero” hibakusha in both English and Japanese, conveying the suffering of his late mother who lost her husband and one of her children in the blast, as well as the prejudice that victims of the catastrophe have sometimes met. Born ...