AKITAKATA, Hiroshima Prefecture Large trucks were densely lined up in a parking lot here on a recent three-day holiday period under a clear autumn sky.
HIROSHIMA Expressing deep disappointment in nuclear disarmament talks this year, members of an international panel against nuclear weapons are planning new approaches to reignite momentum toward a nuke-free world.
Atomic bomb survivors and Japanese anti-nuclear activists slammed Russia over the failure of a U.N. nuclear disarmament review conference to adopt a joint declaration, and also decried the arrogance of four other nuclear powers.
HIROSHIMA Russian Ambassador to Japan Mikhail Galuzin made an unannounced visit to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on Aug. 4, two days before this city hosts a service dedicated to victims of the atomic bombing.