Shinzo Abe: "We have to continue our effort to achieve a world without nuclear weapons" Residents in the Japanese city of Hiroshima are commemorating the 70th anniversary of the first atomic bomb being dropped by a US aircraft. A ceremony, attended by PM Shinzo Abe, was held at Hiroshima's memorial park before thousands of lanterns are released on the city's Motoyasu river. The bombing - and a sec
Americans, Japanese: Mutual Respect 70 Years After the End of WWII
Americans, Japanese: Mutual Respect 70 Years After the End of WWII Neither Trusts China, Differ on Japan’s Security Role in Asia Adversaries in World War II, fierce economic competitors in the 1980s and early 1990s, Americans and Japanese nonetheless share a deep mutual respect. The animosity of the 1980s and 1990s, when U.S.-Japan relations were marked by a series of trade wars, has all but vanis
70 years after the atomic bombs: Hiroshima and Nagasaki then and now
Jump to navigation On August 6, 1945, the US dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, killing about 140,000 by the end of the year, out of the 350,000 who lived in the city. Three days later, a second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. As the 70th anniversary of the world's first nuclear attack approaches, Reuters photographer Issei Kato sourced archive images of the cities in the aftermath of the
Japan Moves to Allow Military Combat for First Time in 70 Years (Published 2015)
transcript Protests Against Japan’s Security BillDemonstrators spoke out against legislation that could send Japanese troops to fight abroad for the first time since World War II, but Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the bill was necessary. (SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER, SHINZO ABE, SAYING: “The security situation surrounding Japan is becoming increasingly challenging. With this in
Japanese law could send soldiers to fight abroad for first time in 70 years
Japanese police block demonstrators outside Japan’s parliament in Tokyo on Wednesday. Photograph: Kimimasa Mayama/EPA
Sidney Ashcroft was deported to a Nazi prison for stealing food and punching a German officer By punching a German officer in Nazi-controlled Guernsey, 20-year-old Sidney Ashcroft sealed his own fate. He was trying to protect his single-parent mother but his act of resistance meant he would never see her again. Not a Guernsey native, she remained there until she died decades later - waiting in vai
Have We Been Playing Gershwin Wrong for 70 Years? (Published 2016)
George Gershwin, whose well-known composition “An American in Paris” has a French taxi horn effect that may have been misinterpreted for decades.Credit...Evening Standard/Getty Images It is one of the most famous pieces of American music — but for 70 years orchestras may have been playing one of its best-known effects wrong. The work is George Gershwin’s jaunty, jazzy symphonic poem “An American i
An emotional memorial service has been held in the Japanese city of Nagasaki where US forces dropped an atomic bomb during World War Two, 70 years ago. Speeches at the ceremony criticised the attending Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for his plans to loosen the restrictions on what Japan's military can do. At least 70,000 people died in the attack, which came three days after another bomb was dropped on
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Japan could send soldiers to fight abroad for the first time in 70 years
Thank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in Japan poised to send soldiers to fight abroad for the first time in 70 yearsThe Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, wants his nation's armed forces to join in military activities overseas and defend allies under attack – principally the US
70 years after Hiroshima, opinions have shifted on use of atomic bomb
70 years after Hiroshima, opinions have shifted on use of atomic bomb Visitors look at a photograph of the area surrounding the Atomic Bomb Dome, captured after the atomic bomb was dropped in Hiroshima, Japan. Credit: Junko Kimura/Getty Images On Aug. 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, killing tens of thousands of people – many instantly, others fr
Fountain Pen Hospital - Celebrating 70 years as the world's showcase of fine writing instruments.
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Oncorhynchus kawamurae “Kunimasu,” a deepwater trout, discovered in Lake Saiko, 70 years after extinction in the original habitat, Lake Tazawa, Japan - Ichthyological Research
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Israeli settlers evict Palestinian family from their home of 70 years
Israeli settlers took over a Palestinian home in the Muslim quarter of Jerusalem's Old City today, evicting about 45 members of an extended family which has occupied the building for more than 70 years. The settlers claimed to have documentation to prove they had purchased the building from the owners. The Palestinian tenants, who have been fighting attempts to evict them for many years, were chal
70 years after the atomic bombsOn August 6, 1945, the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, killing about 140,000 out of the 350,000 who lived in the city. Three days later, a second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. The 70th anniversary of the world’s first nuclear attack was marked this week and Reuters photographer Issei Kato sourced archive images of the cities in the aftermat
The pain of Hiroshima 70 years on
In August 1945, US planes dropped two atomic bombs - one on Hiroshima, and the other on Nagasaki three days later. It was the first and only time that nuclear weapons have been used in history. Tens of thousands of people lost their lives as a direct result of the bombings. On the eve of the 70th anniversary of Hiroshima, the BBC's special correspondent Fergal Keane has been talking to survivors o
The Famine Ended 70 Years Ago, but Dutch Genes Still Bear Scars - The New York Times
A victim of starvation during the Dutch famine of 1944-45. Women pregnant during the period gave birth to babies who were affected by health problems throughout their lives.Credit...Hulton Archive/Getty Images In September 1944, trains in the Netherlands ground to a halt. Dutch railway workers were hoping that a strike could stop the transport of Nazi troops, helping the advancing Allied forces. B
Name of Federico García Lorca's lover emerges after 70 years
The identity of the lover to whom Federico García Lorca wrote passionate verse in his final year has been a mystery ever since the poet's assassination during the Spanish civil war. But now, more than 70 years later, his name has finally emerged. The art critic and journalist Juan Ramírez de Lucas kept a box of mementoes of their year-long passionate relationship, including a previously unseen poe
Music copyright to be extended to 70 years for performers
Copyright term for music recordings must be extended from 50 years to 70 years, says legislation adopted on Thursday by the European Parliament. By adopting the report by Brian Crowley (IE, UEN) with 377 votes in favour, 178 against and 37 abstentions, MEPs voted to increase the term of copyright protection to ensure that performers continue to receive royalties for 70 years from the first publica
Welcome to Maton Guitars - Handmade for the world stage for 70 years | Maton Guitars Australia
From a small backyard workshop started in 1946 Maton Guitars has grown into a truly great Australian success story. Currently Maton employs 70 people and remains 100 per cent family owned and operated. From the initial selection and grading of rough sawn timber to the careful levelling and polishing of the frets, every step of the guitar making process is overseen by our luthiers in Melbourne Aust
As India and Pakistan celebrate 70 years of independence, Andrew Whitehead looks at the lasting legacy of the Partition of British India, and the turmoil and trauma which marred the birth of the two nations. It's about 700km (430 miles) from Delhi to Islamabad - less than the distance between London and Geneva. A short hop in aviation terms. But you can't fly non-stop from the Indian capital to th
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Shinzo Abe: "We have to continue our effort to achieve a world without nuclear weapons" Residents in the Japanese city of Hiroshima are commemorating the 70th anniversary of the first atomic bomb being dropped by a US aircraft. A ceremony, attended by PM Shinzo Abe, was held at Hiroshima's memorial park before thousands of lanterns are released on the city's Motoyasu river. The bombing - and a sec
Anti-Vaccine Movement Causes The Worst Whooping Cough Epidemic In 70 Years
The great northwest of the U.S. is known for its natural beauty. It's also a high-tech region with a highly educated public - not exactly the kind of place one would expect to fall for the anti-science rhetoric of the anti-vaccine movement. But it has. The anti-vaxxers have convinced a frighteningly high number of parents in Washington State to withhold vaccines from their children. A story in
It took 10 minutes to convict 14-year-old George Stinney Jr. It took 70 years after his execution to exonerate him.
In March 1944, deep in the Jim Crow South, police came for 14-year-old George Stinney Jr. His parents weren’t at home. His little sister was hiding in the family’s chicken coop behind the house in Alcolu, a segregated mill town in South Carolina, while officers handcuffed George and his older brother, Johnnie, and took them away. Two young white girls had been found brutally murdered, beaten over
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Lord Mayor of London on the legacy of the Blitz. Blitz footage courtesy US National Archive. Pilots, firefighters, nurses and ambulance workers who battled through the bombing raids of the Blitz came together at St Paul's Cathedral to commemorate the ordeal. A service at St Paul's marked the 70th anniversary of the start of the raids. Thousands of people across the UK were killed and injured in th
5 Rifles are expected to start moving from Germany to Salisbury Plain in the summer After 70 years, British troops are leaving Germany in one of the biggest moves undertaken by the Army in decades. Six regional hubs in England will host 39,000 troops and their families by 2020, as part of a wider defence shake-up, with a further 4,000 in Edinburgh and Leuchars. Former defence secretary Philip Hamm
China's version of its past is a story of prosperity, progress and sacrifice for the common good China's extraordinary rise was a defining story of the 20th Century, but as it prepares to mark its 70th anniversary, the BBC's John Sudworth in Beijing asks who has really won under the Communist Party's rule.
Japanese city marks the 70th anniversary of the world’s first atomic bombing that killed 140,000 people in 1945. Bells tolled and thousands bowed their heads in prayer in Hiroshima at ceremonies in the Japanese city marking the 70th anniversary of the world’s first atomic bombing. On Thursday at 8:15am (23:15 GMT, Wednesday), the exact time when the bomb, dropped by the US B-29 aircraft, the Enola
70 Years Since Trinity: The Day the Nuclear Age Began Alan Taylor July 16, 2015 38 Photos In Focus On July 16, 1945, the United States Army detonated the world’s first nuclear weapon in New Mexico’s Jornada del Muerto desert. The test, code-named “Trinity,” was a success, unleashing an explosion with the energy of about 20 kilotons of TNT and beginning the nuclear age. Since then, nearly 2,000 nuc
An emotional memorial service has been held in the Japanese city of Nagasaki where US forces dropped an atomic bomb during World War Two, 70 years ago. Speeches at the ceremony criticised the attending Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for his plans to loosen the restrictions on what Japan's military can do. At least 70,000 people died in the attack, which came three days after another bomb was dropped on
The Polish prime minister has attended a ceremony in Russia marking the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre of Poles by Soviet forces. It is an unprecedented step, and one which could herald a new era in strained relations between Poland and Russia, says the BBC's Adam Easton in Warsaw. The families of the victims of the Katyn massacre have endured decades of lies, discrimination and frustratio
Japan Deploys Troops Authorized To Use Force For First Time In Almost 70 Years
Japan Deploys Troops Authorized To Use Force For First Time In Almost 70 Years : The Two-Way More than 100 Japanese peacekeepers have landed in the capital of South Sudan. Their mandate includes using force, if necessary, to protect aid workers and others.
Seventy years after the end of World War II in the Pacific, Japan is today viewed considerably more positively than China by members of the public in the Asia-Pacific region, according to a new survey. The Pew Research Centre, a U.S.-based think tank, found that 71% of respondents had a favorable view of Japan, compared to just 57% for China, the South China Morning Post said in an article headlin
chosaq » Japan to extend posthumous copyright term to 70 years?
This one’s just in… and currently only available in Yomiuri flavor (Japanese version): a group of influential arts and cultural organizations (including JASRAC) is pushing for an 20-year extension of the posthumous protection the current copyright law grants — from 50 to 70 years, that is. Apparently, they’re serious about it, as there are plans to “submit a joint statement about the issue to the
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