Read more Nagasaki stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/3952/nagasaki.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:39:58 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/54211/japanese-man-93-survived-both-a-bombs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAt 93, a Japanese man has become the first certified survivor of both atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the AP reports. Tsutomu Yamaguchi was in Hiroshima on business Aug. 6, 1945, when the US bombed the city; after a night there, he returned home to Nagasaki, bombed Aug. 9....http://www.newser.com/story/54211/japanese-man-93-survived-both-a-bombs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 24 Mar 2009 12:18:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/17081/nagasaki-mayors-killer-confesses.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Japanese man accused of killing the mayor of Nagasaki last April has admitted to the crime, the BBC reports. "I apologize to Mayor Iccho Ito and his family from the bottom of my heart," Tetsuya Shiroo said today on the first day of his trial. An alleged gangster, Shiroo...http://www.newser.com/story/17081/nagasaki-mayors-killer-confesses.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 22 Jan 2008 13:54:19 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/14690/tree-that-survived-a-bomb-sees-70th-christmas.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Japanese soldier's Christmas tree has stayed with his family through dark times, and even survived the atomic bomb that killed his brother in Nagasaki. This year marks the 70th Christmas that Warren Nobuaki Iwatake has put up the fragile, three-foot tree, which he calls "a shining light, because it...http://www.newser.com/story/14690/tree-that-survived-a-bomb-sees-70th-christmas.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 22 Dec 2007 13:10:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/10753/hiroshima-bomb-pilot-dead-at-92.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe commander and pilot of the B-29 that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945—the first military use of nuclear weapons—died today, the Associated Press reports. Paul Tibbets was 92, and requested no funeral or headstone for fear that they might attract anti-nuclear protesters. Tibbets always...http://www.newser.com/story/10753/hiroshima-bomb-pilot-dead-at-92.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 01 Nov 2007 15:19:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/3794/japanese-pol-resigns-over-a-bomb-gaffe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJapan's defense minister has resigned in a storm of protest over remarks he made last weekend that the American bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were justified. Fumio Kyuma said he understood the US decision to drop the bombs, and that "it couldn't be helped." He also suggested that the abrupt...http://www.newser.com/story/3794/japanese-pol-resigns-over-a-bomb-gaffe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Jul 2007 8:08:46 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/1506/mobster-guns-down-nagasaki-mayor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe mayor of Nagasaki was murdered yesterday by a gangster affiliated with Japan's largest organized-crime syndicate. The assassin, who shot Iccho Ito twice in the back, reportedly was steamed that the city refused to pay for damages to his car after he drove it into a hole at a construction...http://www.newser.com/story/1506/mobster-guns-down-nagasaki-mayor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Apr 2007 13:36:28 CDT