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Okinawa, Hiroshima report high COVID cases as quasi-emergency starts

Kyodo News
Posted at Jan 09 06:33 PM

Three Japanese prefectures hosting or neighboring U.S. military bases continued to see high coronavirus cases Sunday. Read more »

Toyama gets back at Hiroshima, snaps skid

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 02 04:32 PM

The Toyama Grouses are back in the win column in the 2021-22 B.League season after a comprehensive 90-74 win over the Hiroshima Dragonflies on Sunday. Read more »

B.League: Kiefer, Shiga lose; Kobe barely plays in loss

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 30 12:47 AM

Kiefer Ravena and Lakestars fell 92-67 to Dragonflies in the Japan B.League on Wednesday, as Kobe Paras was a non-factor in another Niigata defeat. Read more »

Paras, Niigata suffer Emperor's Cup heartbreak

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 31 05:07 PM

Niigata Albirex BB absorbed a heartbreaking 105-102 overtime loss against the Hiroshima Dragonflies in the 97th Emperor's Cup. Read more »

Thirdy's shooting woes continue in another San-En loss

Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 17 02:57 PM

San-En NeoPhoenix absorbed a second straight defeat in the 2021-22 season of the B.League, after falling 84-72 to the hosts Hiroshima Dragonflies. Read more »

B.League: Misfiring Thirdy, San-En fall to Dragonflies

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 16 11:28 PM

Thirdy Ravena struggled in San-En NeoPhoenix's 76-67 loss to the Hiroshima Dragonflies in the B.League Saturday at Hiroshima Sun Plaza. Read more »

Parks plays 11 minutes in Nagoya's first win

Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 10 06:03 PM

Ray Parks Jr. continues to ease his way into the B.League, playing 11 minutes as the Nagoya Diamond Dolphins notched their first win. Read more »

Hiroshima marks 76th anniversary of atomic bomb attack

Yasuyosh Chiba, AFP
Updated as of Aug 07 11:32 AM

Members of a non-profit organization release paper lanterns in Hiroshima on the 76th anniversary of the world’s first atomic bomb attack. Read more »

Duterte tells world to reject war on 75th anniversary of Hiroshima bombing

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 14 09:33 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte called on nations to reject war as he made the case for peace during the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.   Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: August 6, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 07 12:54 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

'Unspeakable horror': the attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Kyoko Hasegawa, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 06 01:07 PM

TOKYO - Japan on Thursday marked 75 years since the world's first atomic bomb attack, which killed around 140,000 people in Hiroshima and left many more deeply traumatized and even stigmatized. Read more »

Remembering Hiroshima bombing

Eugene Hoshiko, AP
Posted at Aug 06 09:18 AM

Kazumi Matsui, right, mayor of Hiroshima, and the family of the deceased bow before they place the victims list of the Atomic Bomb at Hiroshima Memorial Cenotaph at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on Thursday.  Read more »

A prayer for Hiroshima victims and survivors

Eugene Hoshiko, AP
Posted at Aug 05 04:51 PM

A woman prays before a memorial service for Korean atomic bomb victims in front of the Monument to Korean Victims and Survivors at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan, on Wednesday.  Read more »

75 years on, Japan bomb survivors make final pleas for abolition

Kyoko Hasegawa, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 04 12:22 PM

As Japan marks 75 years since the devastating attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the last generation of nuclear bomb survivors are working to ensure their message lives on after them. Read more »

Japan court recognizes more Hiroshima bomb survivors

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 29 05:29 PM

Around 140,000 people were killed in the Hiroshima bombing and its aftermath, and 74,000 perished in the Nagasaki attack. Read more »

Thousands sign Hiroshima petition to save A-bomb buildings

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 17 01:11 PM

TOKYO, Japan - Thousands of people have signed an online petition against the planned demolition of two early 20th-century buildings that remained intact after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima devastated the Japanese city.   Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: November 25, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 26 11:01 AM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

Pope Francis visits Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park

Kim Kyung-Hoon, Reuters
Posted at Nov 25 08:20 AM

Pope Francis observes a moment of silence with atomic bomb survivors (right on the stage) at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan on Sunday evening. Read more »

Pope to comfort victims of Japan's 2011 'triple disaster'

Catherine Marciano and Richard Carter, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 25 07:55 AM

After an emotional day comforting survivors of atomic bombs in Nagasaki and Hiroshima -- where the pontiff attacked the "crime" of using nuclear power as a weapon -- Francis will meet those still affected by the 2011 tragedy that killed nearly 16,000. Read more »

Pope Francis carries anti-nuclear message to Japan

Catherine Marciano and Richard Carter, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Nov 23 12:32 PM

TOKYO, Japan – Pope Francis arrives in Japan on Saturday, where he is expected to deliver a robust anti-nuclear message of peace in the only country to have suffered an atomic bomb attack. Read more »