Hiroshima
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Remembering Canada’s Pacific role during the Second World War, 75 years laterSeventy-five years ago, the Second World War ended with Japan's surrender. Matthew Fisher takes a look at what history may have been like for Canada's troops.CommentarySep 1, 2020
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Hiroshima marks 75th anniversary of bombing, mayor calls for weapons banThe U.S. attack on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, killed 140,000 people. The bomb dropped three days later on Nagasaki killed another 70,000 before Japan’s surrender ended World War II.WorldAug 5, 2019
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Death toll climbs to more than 150 in Japan after devastating floodingAkira Tanimoto says his apartment narrowly survived the floods and mudslide at his residential complex over the weekend, and even if he wants to go back there with his wife and two pet birds, he can’t because there is no water, power or food available.WorldJul 10, 2018
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IN PHOTOS: Incredible images show sheer devastation following deadly Japan flooding, mudslidesRescuers in Japan are racing to find survivors after torrential rains soaked lush landscapes, causing mudslides, displacing thousands of residents and leaving over 120 people dead.EnvironmentJul 9, 2018
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Canadian Nobel laureate, Hiroshima survivor urges world to ban nukesSetsuko Thurlow was 13 when the 1945 bombing devastated her Japanese city.CanadaDec 10, 2017
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Canadian Hiroshima survivor accuses West of nuclear disarmament ‘sabotage’Sunday's Nobel ceremony will bring together several survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings, it will be snubbed by the ambassadors of the U.S, France and the U.K.CanadaDec 9, 2017
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Canadian survivor of Hiroshima nuclear bombing to accept Nobel Peace PrizeA Canadian anti-nuclear activist who survived the bombing at Hiroshima will soon travel to Norway to accept the Nobel Peace Prize.CanadaOct 27, 2017
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Pokemon Go removes Hiroshima atomic bomb memorial site from gameHiroshima officials expect the Pokemon Go monsters will stay away from the atomic bomb memorial permanently.EntertainmentAug 8, 2016
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Japan marks 71st anniversary of Hiroshima atomic bombingJapan is marking the 71st anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima by renewing calls for a nuclear weapons free world.WorldAug 5, 2016
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City of Hiroshima unhappy that atomic-bomb park has become ‘Pokemon Go’ site"Pokemon Go" players are descending on an atomic bomb memorial park in Hiroshima, and officials of the western Japanese city are displeased.TechJul 27, 2016
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