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Tag: Hiroshima

Posted inWeaponry

Advice on how to survive a tactical nuclear bomb

by Robert K. Niven and Chi-King Lee April 20, 2022April 20, 2022

There has been widespread discussion of Russia’s threat to use tactical nuclear weapons in its war on Ukraine. Russia is estimated to have thousands of tactical nuclear weapons – possibly the world’s largest stockpile – which could be deployed at any time. The use of nuclear weapons is also embedded in Russian military doctrine. Ukrainian […]

Posted inOpinion

The Pacific War: Eastern empire vs white supremacy

by Paul de Vries August 9, 2021August 9, 2021
Posted inPacific War Legacies

The Pacific War: Top 10 Films

by Andrew Salmon August 15, 2020August 18, 2020
Posted inPacific War Legacies

Red storm on Rising Sun

by Andrew Salmon August 11, 2020August 12, 2020
Posted inPacific War Legacies

Scaled back rites mark Hiroshima 75th anniversary

by Philip Fong August 6, 2020August 6, 2020
Lawrence Krauss, a member of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, talks about their decision to move the 'Doomsday Clock' hands to two minutes until midnight after a news conference in Washington, DC, on January 25, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Leah Millis
Posted inUnited States, World

Doomsday redux: clock is ticking again

by James Carroll February 13, 2019February 18, 2020
Boats carrying bonfires float along the Motoyasu-gawa River in front of the Atomic Bomb Dome in honor of the souls of those lost in the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The ceremony took place on Aug. 5, 2018, the eve of the 73rd anniversary of the bombing. Photo: The Yomiuri Shimbun
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, Germany, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Could Tokyo ever go critical and make nuclear weapons?

by Robert E. McCoy August 6, 2018February 18, 2020
Rescuers conduct a search for missing people in Kumano Town in Hiroshima Prefecture on July 9, 2018. The record rainfall has caused widespread flooding and landslides in the central and western part of Japan. Photo: AFP/The Yomiuri Shimbun
Posted inJapan, Northeast Asia, World

More than 100 dead as monsoon downpours devastate Japan

by Andrew Salmon and wires July 9, 2018February 18, 2020
A scene from Hanagatami. Photo: ©karatsu film partners/PSC 2017
Posted inEuropean Union, Japan, Northeast Asia, World

Japanese film visionary completes antiwar trilogy against odds

by Karen Severns December 9, 2017February 18, 2020
Yin-Yang, the sign of the two elements. Photo: iStock
Posted inChina, European Union, India, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, World

China’s secret weapon: Tao

by Jan Krikke September 19, 2017
Photo: US Department of Energy via Wikimedia Commons
Posted inChina, France, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, United Kingdom, World

Did North Korea test a hydrogen bomb or something else?

by Asia Times and other media September 4, 2017February 18, 2020
Kuniyoshi Takimoto was a navy aircraft mechanic when Japan launched its attack on Pearl Harbor. Photo: Behrouz MEHRI / AFP
Posted inAT Finance, China, European Union, France, Hong Kong, Japan, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Singapore, World

We did our jobs: Japanese participant remembers Pearl Harbor

by Shingo Ito December 5, 2016February 18, 2020

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