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People don't know who won WWII, what started it and who was UK PM

40% of people don't know what the Blitz was. 30% are unaware a nuclear bomb was dropped on Hiroshima

Wales Online

'Barefoot Gen' to be removed from Hiroshima peace education textbook

HIROSHIMA -- The Hiroshima city board of education plans to replace a long-used and globally known manga series that depicts the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima as part of its peace education materials used at municipal schools in the next academic year.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Sadako's cranes to be pitched to UNESCO Japan, U.S. groups work to register Sadako's cranes into UNESCO

Japanese and U.S. organizations have been preparing to have origami cranes and other items belonging to Sadako Sasaki, a 12-year-old girl who died as a result of the U.S. dropping an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, registered in the UNESCO Memory of the World, it has been learned.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

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What was the Chelyabinsk meteor? 10-year anniversary of shooting star

February 15 marks the anniversary of the Chelyabinsk meteor, which had 30 times the force of the Hiroshima atomic bomb.

Evening Standard

Japanese oysters exported to EU for 1st time amid sales worries

HIROSHIMA -- Oysters from Hiroshima Prefecture have been exported to the European Union, marking Japan's first oyster exports to the region. The plane carrying the unshucked frozen mollusks took off from Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Thursday.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Japanese court denies aid sought by Hiroshima atomic bomb survivors’ children

Twenty-eight people whose parents suffered radiation exposure in the Aug. 6, 1945, U.S. atomic attack were trying to force Japan’s central government to include them in the medical support available to survivors.

Chicago Sun-Times

Hiroshima Adopts Metaverse In Education

The metaverse has become a part of university classes in the Japanese city

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Court denies aid for Hiroshima A-bomb survivors' children

A Japanese court has rejected a damage suit filed by a group of children of Hiroshima atomic bombing survivors seeking government support for medical costs, saying the hereditary impact of radiation exposure is still unknown

The Independent UK

Hiroshima Peace Museum visit likely to be on G7 summit itinerary

Arrangements are being made for the leaders of the Group of Seven nations to visit the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum when they visit Hiroshima for the G7 summit on May 19-21, several government sources said.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Kishida secures cooperation from five G7 leaders

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has secured cooperation from the leaders of the five Group of Seven countries he visited this month on policies toward Russia and China, in preparation for the G7 summit Japan will host in Hiroshima in May.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Kishida says G7 should show strong will on Russia's Ukraine invasion

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Saturday that the G7 summit in Hiroshima in May should demonstrate a strong will to uphold international order and rule of law after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Reuters

Russian ex-president Medvedev blasts Japanese PM over US ‘subservience’: ‘He should disembowel himself’

Medvedev said joint statement ‘betrayed the memory of hundreds of thousands of Japanese who were burned in the nuclear fire of Hiroshima and Nagasaki’

The Independent UK

Japan mulls inviting Yoon to May's G7 Hiroshima summit

The government is considering inviting South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol to the Group of Seven summit meeting in Hiroshima after observing Seoul's response to an issue related to former wartime requisitioned workers, according to government sources.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Kishida looks ahead to tackling economic, constitutional issues

How will Prime Minister Fumio Kishida deal with mounting challenges, both domestic and global? The Yomiuri Shimbun Political News Editor Shinichi Murao interviewed him about defense, the economy, diplomacy and more.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

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Japanese prime minister under pressure over campaign expenditure report

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday his office in western Hiroshima prefecture had found errors in receipts attached to a campaign expenditure report, after a magazine reported possible violations of election funding laws.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Ukrainian youths visit Hiroshima, wish for peace

HIROSHIMA -- Seven Ukrainian children, who have been displaced to Aichi and Gifu prefectures due to Russia's invasion of their country, visited Hiroshima Prefecture as part of a peace program.

The Independent UK

Putin tells Macron Hiroshima is proof ‘you don’t have to launch nuclear strike on major city to win war’

Two presidents discussed atomic weapons as speculation over Russian plan builds

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin points to Hiroshima nuclear bomb in chilling chat with Emmanuel Macron

Diplomatic sources say Putin claimed that the atomic bombs used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki showed that is wasn't necessary to attack a major city 'in order to win'

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The Guardian - UK

Hiroshima survivors plead for nuclear-free world as global tensions rise

Survivors of 1945 atomic bomb express deep concern amid bellicose rhetoric from Russia and North Korea

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Itsukushima Shrine's iconic gate back in view as renovation nears end

HIROSHIMA -- The familiar view of the iconic vermilion Otorii gate at Itsukushima Shrine in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, has returned after about three years as a major renovation nears completion.

Daily Mirror

Nuclear gravity bomb more powerful than Hiroshima blast to be added to NATO's arsenal

The new B61-12 gravity nuclear bomb which can carry a yield more powerful than the Hiroshima blast will be delivered by the US to Europe months earlier than planned

The Guardian - AU

Australia and Japan to share intelligence on China in security deal, ambassador says

In interview with Guardian Australia, Shingo Yamagami also hints Australia is likely to be invited to G7 summit in Hiroshima

The Independent UK

Japan to pay up to $320M for US company's chip production

Japan said it is providing a major U.S. chipmaker a subsidy of up to $322 million to back its plan to produce advanced memory chips at a Hiroshima factory

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Karuizawa, Niigata also to host G7

Japan holds the rotating presidency of the Group of Seven next year, meaning that not only will the summit be held in Hiroshima in May, but also ministerial meetings will be held throughout the nation.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Nuclear disarmament on Kishida's mind for Hiroshima G7 summit

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has condemned Russia for blocking the adoption of the final document draft at the monthlong Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference at the United Nations, but has also stressed that all participating nations except Russia showed a certain degree of solidarity.

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