The Floating Lanterns Of Hiroshima

The Hiroshima event is not just about the 10,000-odd lanterns that float down a river.It is about remembrance.It is about dignity.It is about respect.It is about love, observes Sandeep Goyal.......

Japan remembers Hiroshima on 71st anniversary of atomic bombing

Japan on Saturday marked 71 years since the city of Hiroshima was destroyed by a US atomic bomb, as its mayor urged the world to unite in abolishing nuclear weapons. IMAGE: People pray in front of......

Hiroshima memory must never fade, says Obama on historic visit

IMAGE: President Barack Obama carries a wreath as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe looks on, in front of a cenotaph. Photographs: Toru Hanai/Reuters Barack Obama became the first sitting US......

Atomic bomb survivors group gets Nobel Peace Prize

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2024 to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese group of atomic bomb survivors for "extraordinary efforts" to "achieve a world free of nuclear......

Olympic Truce commences as IOC chief Bach visits Hiroshima

IMAGE: Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike and Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), bump elbows at the start of their talks at Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office Building......

Tokyo Games: Nigerian delegate hospitalised with COVID-19

The individual, a non-athlete in their 60s, tested positive on Thursday evening at the airport with mild symptoms but was hospitalised because of age and pre-existing conditions, the broadcaster......

PIX: Tokyo 2020 Olympics holds torch relay rehearsal

IMAGE: Actress Satomi Ishihara, official ambassadors of the Tokyo 2020 Torch Relay, receives the olympic torch during a rehearsal as part of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay in Hamura, outskirts......

Coronavirus concerns overshadow Olympic flame arrival in Japan

IMAGE: Tokyo 2020 Olympics President Yoshiro Mori receives the Olympic Flame from three-time Olympic gold medalists Tadahiro Nomura and Saori Yoshidabe who transported it from Greece to Japan, at......

Olympic Games torch relay organisers take measures against coronavirus

IMAGE: Aki Taguchi, left, poses on stage to unveil the Torch Relay official uniform. Photograph: Matt Roberts/Getty Images Greek organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic flame lighting ceremony in......