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Hiroshima Marks 81 Years Since Atomic Bombing as Japan Debates Its Non-Nuclear Principles

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698 distinct posts / 48h, matching Atomic 413 Japan 181 Years 179 Bombing 146 Hiroshima 129
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6m ago one of the earliest anarchist anti-nuclear texts, written two months after the hiroshima and nagasaki massacres archivesautonomies.org/IMG/pdf/nonf...
50m ago Atomic bomb dome (Genbaku Dome) with plaque, Hiroshima, Japan. REGISTER: Tuesday, August 18, 2026 10:15 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. CT YouTube pages.thebulletin.org/2026-08-18-N... ×3 -6.0
55m ago What the last WWII atomic veterans want you to know Veteran Michas Ohnstad talks to Karin Tanabe (center) and Victoria Kelly for the 2025 PBS documentary Atomic Echoes. - 10 American atomic veteran… ×2 -2.0
58m ago NEVER AGAIN: Help CND end nuclear dangers Nuclear weapons' highest threats used since the Cold War, over the last week Anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki have been a critica… ×3 +3.0
1h ago Today is Nagasaki Day.The immense power of western propaganda by omission is such that only a small minority of people recall 6 August is Hiroshima Day and 9 August is Nagasaki Day. 81 years ago t… ×2 -8.0
2h ago We'd like to invite you to attend an Atomic Bomb Survivor Testimony event on Thursday, August 27 at 8 pm. This event is an online opportunity for those located outside of Japan to hear first-hand t… ×3 +0.5
3h ago More solidarity! I had nuke nightmares pretty much all of childhood. I remember seeing The War Game in high school (brrrrr), but prior to that i think most of mine were just from reading about Hiro… -3.5
3h ago We've just commemorated 81 years since the unecessary, immoral, experimental and racist bombing of #Hiroshima and #Nagasaki. So why are the #nuclear armed nations rushing to increase their arsenals… ×4 -6.0
3h ago Trump’s biggest ally Japan has now indirectly given him the biggest shock 🔥 🇺🇸Trump: "I will wipe out the entire Islamic Republic of Iran." 🇯🇵PM Takaichi: "Tragedies of Hiroshima and Nagasaki mus… ×3 -9.5
4h ago The only country to have used a nuclear bomb is the same country that seeks to protect the world from the nuclear threat, while maintaining an arsenal capable of destroying humanity many times over… -8.5
4h ago The Pilots Who Dropped the Atomic Bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki oppenheimer2023.substack.com/p/the-pilots... ×4 -1.0
5h ago "The Nation" Anniversaries of Hiroshima & Nagasaki Have Special Meaning in a World Out of Control. As last US-Russia nuclear arms control treaty expires, anniversaries of Hiroshima and Nagasaki car… -6.5
5h ago Bulletin of Atomic Scientists: What America's WWII atomic veterans want you to know as witnesses of aftermath @Hiroshima, Nagasaki Harrowing 1sthand accounts; warning against future nuclear conflic… ×2 -6.0
5h ago ​🔥 A clear stance on nuclear weapons! 🍿 ​Addressing the Nagasaki memorial, PM Takaichi reiterated Japan's core pledge that Nagasaki must remain the last city on Earth hit by an atomic bomb. A firm … ×3 +4.0
7h ago Pax Christi USA, along with other Pax Christi groups, participated in the "Lanterns for Peace: From Hiroshima to the World" project. We are grateful for all who continue to speak out in remembrance… ×3 -2.0
8h ago lol, one of Rodina's legal claims against Yabloko was that the latter's campaign use of a photograph of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima infringed on the rights of the **U.S. Army** ×3 +0.5
9h ago This past weekend was the 81st anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Many points of view about this are possible. The only perspective that I hope nobody has is indifferenc… ×2 -2.0
10h ago 'Former President Joe Biden, who attended the Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima in May 2023, did not apologise for the nuclear attacks. Neither did Barack Obama, who in 2016 became the first sitt… -2.0
10h ago 'Medvedev’s remarks came after Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui criticised Russia over the Ukraine conflict during a ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of the US atomic bombing, of the city, while … ×3 -3.0
10h ago ‘What a disgrace that, in recalling the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki recently, not once did Japan’s Prime Minister or any other Japanese official bother to mention who did it,’ Medvede… ×3 -4.5
10h ago 'Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev slammed Japanese officials for failing to name the United States as responsible for the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, saying T… ×2 -4.0
10h ago 'Japanese officials generally do not emphasise in public speeches that the United States carried out the attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. At the same time, the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum pr… ×2 +1.5
10h ago ‘On this anniversary of the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki – among the greatest crimes against humanity – those who reject that horror must also condemn the same mentality in Washingt… ×2 -8.0
10h ago "The use of the atomic bomb, with its indiscriminate killing of women and children, revolts my soul." -- Herbert Hoover, born #OTD 1874 Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - Wikipedia share… ×2 -7.0
10h ago 'The United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6th and 9th, 1945, respectively, marking the first use of nuclear weapons in warfare.' ×2 -1.0
10h ago 'Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has condemned the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, saying the mindset behind such attacks remains present in Washington today.' ×2 -5.0
10h ago ‘The mindset behind the Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear bombings remains present in Washington today’ says Iranian President Pezeshkian wrp.org.uk/features/the... -7.0
11h ago The Hiroshima Atomic Bombing Birthed a Strange, Never-Before-Seen Material, According to a New Study www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t... ×3 -2.0
11h ago Today in 1945, President Harry Truman made his first real decision about using the atomic bomb, ordering an end to further bombings and creating the policy of presidential sole authority (Truman wa… ×2 -2.0
12h ago The United States dropped two atomic bombs during World War II: the first on August 6, 1945 (on Hiroshima) and the second on August 9, 1945 (on Nagasaki). ×2 -2.0

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T3 Hiroshima Marks 81 Years Since Atomic Bombing as Japan Debates Its Non-Nuclear Principles ⚖ Contested nuclear_weapons sentinelassam.com somber, reflective, haunted
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T3 Japan's nuclear dilemma: 81 years after Hiroshima, old taboos face new threats nuclear_weapons indiatimes.com uneasy, haunted, urgent
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T3 Japan marks 81 years since atomic bombing of Nagasaki | New Spotlight Magazine ⚖ Contested nuclear_weapons spotlightnepal.com mournful, solemn, reflective
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