The memorial is open seven days a week and no visitors under the age of 12 are permitted to visit. The FCDO currently advises against all travel to parts of Rwanda. At 8.15am on 6 August 1945, the ...

Japan's Hiroshima Prefecture created a school workbook to educate citizens about the region's local oysters, increase consumption and make them a local tourism asset. With an investment of just US$100 ...

A ceremony has been held in western Japan to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the full opening of the Sanyo Shinkansen bullet train line.

SERA, Hiroshima Prefecture—Enchanting dots of ... wavelength of yellow light that repels insects. “It’s not a tourist attraction, but you are still welcome to enjoy this unique sight ...

But there are many things to see and do in the city. Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park Hiroshima today is a thriving metropolis and to fully appreciate the impact of the atomic bomb, a visit to the ...

Hiroshima’s streets are clean, and one may come across a silent procession of people carrying placards of peace messages, at any corner of the city. Alternatively, one may like to focus on the ...

The "Little Boy" bomb, dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, from the Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Enola Gay," was of massive size and weighed approximately 4,100 kg (9,000 lbs).

The president observed a moment of silent in front of the cenotaph and then toured the park, accompanied by Hiroshima Mayor ...

The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum documenting the devastation caused by a U.S. atomic bomb in 1945 has welcomed 2 million visitors in the current fiscal year that started April, a record high since ...

HIROSHIMA–Hiroshima Governor Hidehiko Yuzaki has invited new U.S. President Donald Trump to visit the prefectural capital in an effort toward nuclear disarmament and world peace. In a letter ...