Hiroshima celebrates 50 years of Sanyo Shinkansen bullet trains
A ceremony has been held in western Japan to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the full opening of the Sanyo Shinkansen bullet train line.
Rain of Ruin: Tokyo, Hiroshima and the Surrender of Japan by Richard Overy
Richard Overy’s chilling new book Rain of Ruin charts the lead-up to Japan’s surrender in the second World War and is ...
Agence France-Presse on MSN3d
'Eerie' sky, charred bodies: 80 years since Tokyo WWII firestorm
On her sixth birthday 80 years ago, Shizuko Nishio clung to her mother as US B-29 bombers started a firestorm that turned ...
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Tokyo to invite stateless people born to Japanese in Philippines
TOKYO: The Japanese government plans to invite to Japan this summer stateless people born to Japanese nationals ...
The Japan Times3d
'Eerie' sky, charred bodies: 80 years since Tokyo's World War II firestorm
Because of the atomic bombings and Japan's surrender a month later, the firebombing of Tokyo is often overlooked in history.
The Daily Telegraph9d
The truth about Hirohito’s fateful decision in the summer of 1945
Given the scale of the destruction and the tragic loss of innocent life, from 100,000 people killed in Tokyo during a single night’s bombing in March 1945 through to the horrors of Hiroshima and ...
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Air India announces Tokyo airport switch, enhanced codeshare with All Nippon
Air India has announced that it will be scaling up its direct non-stop services between Delhi and Tokyo for the northern ...
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After decades missing, Buddha statue to return to Hiroshima
HIROSHIMA--A large, ancient statue of Buddha ... taking up residence in places such as Yamagata Prefecture and Tokyo. It was enshrined at the Daibutsuden hall of Sairenji temple, located on ...