Eighty years ago, a flash of light changed the world forever. The stories of those who lived through the unimaginable reveal ...

How can we celebrate the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, knowing that victory was bought by the dropping of atomic bombs? For ...

For pacifists, the answer is clear: since any deliberate killing is wrong, the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and ...

On the 80th anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II, Shigeru Ishiba expressed ‘remorse’ – a first for a PM since ...

There remain just 792 living veterans, while the average age of the 99,130 living atomic bomb survivors is 86 years. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

TOKYO (AP) — Friday is the 80th anniversary of then-Emperor Hirohito's announcement of Japan's World War II surrender, but as ...

For pacifists, the answer is clear: since any deliberate killing is wrong, the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and 9 August 1945 was wrong about two hundred thousand times over ...

Victory over Japan Day is marked each year on 15 August - the date in 1945 when Japan surrendered to the Allied forces and World War Two ended.

THE King has hailed the “courage and camaraderie” of heroes who fought in the Pacific and Far East after arriving at a ...

Charles also significantly acknowledged the devastation caused by the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki which led to ...

Memorials have been held across the West to mark the 80th anniversary of VJ Day (Victory over Japan Day) – signifying the end ...

King Charles has used his VJ Day address to vow that the service and sacrifice of Second World War heroes who fought and died ...