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A multinational group of experts advocating a world without nuclear weapons has outlined several principles in its call for urgent action to prevent a nuclear war. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/01/japan/nuclear-war-prevention/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nuclearweapons #atomicbombings #nagasaki
Paired with the matcha, 'peach castella' (桃カステラ) all the way from Kyūshū.
In Nagasaki Prefecture it is tradition for families with daughters celebrating their first Hina Matsuri to gift these sweets to relatives and friends.
Police arrested Tsuyoshi Furusho, mayor of Saza, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Saturday in a bid-rigging case over a public works project in the town. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/09/japan/crime-legal/nagasaki-town-mayor-arrested-bid-rigging-case/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #nagasaki #bidrigging
A 54-year-old woman in Nagasaki has been arrested for allegedly locking her naked partner out on their balcony for the night in an incident three years ago, which led to the man's death from extreme cold. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/07/japan/crime-legal/man-dies-locked-on-balcony/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #nagasaki
A senior official of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Nihon Hidankyo urged the world to push for the abolition of nuclear weapons during a meeting at U.N. headquarters in New York. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/04/japan/hidankyo-meeting-urge-abolition/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nihonhidankyo #wwii #us #nuclearweapons #atomicbombings #nobelprize #hiroshima #nagasaki
The Boeing B-29 Superfortress was a four-engined, long-range bomber of the United States Air Force. #History #Aircraft #AtomicBomb #Bomber #Hiroshima #ManhattanProject #Nagasaki #SecondWorldWar #WWII #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-24117-en/
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✧ Japanese battleship Tosa ✧
The Japanese battleship Tosa was a planned battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Designed by Yuzuru Hiraga, Tosa was to be the first of two Tosa-class ships. Displacing 39,900 long tons (40,540 tonnes) and armed with ten 410 mm (16.1 in) guns, these warships would have bro...
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The mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have requested that U.S. President Donald Trump visit the atomic-bombed cities this year, the 80th anniversary of the attacks and the end of World War II. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/28/japan/politics/trump-hiroshima-nagasaki-mayors-invite/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #hiroshima #nagasaki #donaldtrump #us #atomicbombings #history #wwii #nuclearweapons
Nihon Hidankyo has expressed disappointment over being denied the opportunity to discuss Japan’s participation in a U.N. conference on banning nuclear weapons during a meeting with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/08/japan/politics/ishiba-hidankyo-meeting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #nobelprize #awards #nihonhidankyo #nuclearweapons #atomicbombings #hibakusha #defense #hiroshima #nagasaki #shigeruishiba
The Imperial Household Agency is considering visits by Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako to Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Okinawa prefectures next year to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/30/japan/emperor-empress-regional-visits/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #emperornaruhito #empressmasako #imperialfamily #wwii #hiroshima #nagasaki #okinawa
A South Korean temple that claimed ownership of a Buddha statue stolen from a temple in Nagasaki Prefecture has said it will return the statue to the original owner next spring, after holding a 100-day memorial service. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/25/japan/korean-temple-buddha-statue/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #southkoreajapanrelations #southkorea #temples #kannonji #nagasaki
This year's Nobel Peace Prize will be presented Tuesday to Japan's atomic bomb survivors' group Nihon Hidankyo, which lobbies against the weapons now resurging as a threat 80 years after the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/10/japan/nobel-peace-prize-ceremony-hibakusha/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nobelprize #awards #nihonhidankyo #nuclearweapons #atomicbombings #hibakusha #defense #hiroshima #nagasaki #vladimirputin #russia #russiaukrainewar
Decades of work by now-deceased hibakusha atomic bomb survivors led to Nihon Hidankyo, a group of hibakusha, winning this year's Nobel Peace Prize. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/10/japan/japan-hibakusha-activities-history/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nobelprize #atomicbombings #nagasaki #hiroshima #nihonhidankyo #hibakusha
Nagasaki native Kosuzu Harada has spent over a decade sharing the harrowing atomic bomb experiences of her late grandfather, Tsutomu Yamaguchi, one of the few individuals officially recognized as having survived both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/10/japan/double-hibakusha/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #atomicbombings #nuclearweapons #hibakusha #nagasaki #hiroshima #nobelprize #awards
Russian President Vladimir Putin does not truly understand the destructive power of nuclear weapons, a 92-year-old survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki said on the eve of his Japanese survivors' group receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/10/japan/nihon-hidankyo-putin-nukes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nobelprize #awards #nihonhidankyo #nuclearweapons #atomicbombings #hibakusha #defense #hiroshima #nagasaki #vladimirputin #russia #russiaukrainewar
A delegation of the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, or Nihon Hidankyo, departed from Tokyo Sunday to collect its Nobel Peace Prize at the award ceremony in Oslo, Norway. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/08/japan/hidankyo-leaves-for-nobel-prize-ceremony/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hidankyo #nobelpeaceprize #awards #atomicbombings #hiroshima #nagasaki #terumitanaka