A bell tolled to mark a moment of silence while people joined hands in prayer as tens of thousands marked the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Monday.

Tens of thousands of people marked the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Monday, as a rising tide of anti-nuclear sentiment swells in post-Fukushima Japan.

Ageing survivors, relatives

For Nakamura Hiroshi, life has never been the same again after that fateful day of August 6, 1945.

It was on this day that atomic bombs were dropped by the United States on the Japanese city of Hiro

A prisoner serving 23 years for attempted murder was on the run on Thursday after escaping from a penitentiary in Hiroshima clad only in white underwear, Japan's first jailbreak in more than two decad

London: The Japanese Embassy in London blasted BBC after an episode of its comedy quiz show QI made joke about a survivor of the atomic bomb attacks in the country during World War II.

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