When the first atomic bomb detonated 80 years ago on Aug. 6, thousands of the dead and dying were brought to a small rural ...

Rebun Kayo, a Hiroshima University researcher, has been regularly visiting the island in search of the remains of people. He ...

When the first atomic bomb detonated 80 years ago on Aug. 6, thousands of the dead and dying were brought to the small, rural ...

A key figure in this search is Rebun Kayo, a Hiroshima University researcher who has spent years combing through forested ...

On Ninoshima, an island near Hiroshima, efforts are intensifying to recover the remains of atomic bomb victims, a gesture of respect for the dead and to ease the grief of the survivors.

Among those deeply touched by Kayo’s work is Tamiko Sora, a 3-year-old survivor of the Hiroshima blast who still wonders what ...

When the first atomic bomb detonated 80 years ago on Aug. 6, thousands of the dead and dying were brought to the small, rural ...

Eiko Gishi, then an 18-year-old boat trainee, oversaw carrying patients from the pier to the quarantine area for first aid.

Ninoshima saw 3 weeks of chaos, deaths and rushed burials Within two hours of the blast, victims began arriving by boat from Hiroshima at the island's No. 2 quarantine center.

Decades after the Hiroshima atomic bombing, efforts continue on Ninoshima island to recover and honor the remains of those ...

Ninoshima, an island where thousands of the dead and dying were brought after the first atomic bomb detonated 80 years ago, is seen from a ferry on Monday, July 7, 2025, in Horishima, western Japan.