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Second: Would Putin's nuclear attack on Ukraine be a step onto a moving escalator that could end with nuclear bombs destroying American and Russian cities? AS PUTIN THREATENS TO STRIKE UKRAINE WITH tactical nuclear weapons and Biden warns that this risks escalation to nuclear Armageddon, many observers have wondered aloud whether the septuagenarian or the octogenarian or both have lost touch with reality. The brute fact that Biden knows, but that many of those now demanding that he move more forcefully against Putin have conveniently forgotten or want to deny, is that in relations with Putin's Russia, the U.S. continues to survive in a MAD (mutually assured destruction) world. [Extracted from the article]

Kishida, 65, knows the pain of war; he lost several relatives to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, his ancestral home, and grew up on stories of their suffering. Time 100 Leaders When, on March 21, Fumio Kishida laid a wreath in the stricken Ukrainian town of Bucha, Japan's Prime Minister remarked upon "great anger at the atrocity." But when Kishida welcomes G-7 leaders to Hiroshima in May, he'll do so as head of a resurgent Japan. [Extracted from the article]

Focuses on the bombing of Hiroshima, Japan and its effect on the future of nuclear weapons. Description of the bombing by those who were on the B-29 bomber called the Enola Gay; How the bomb ended the war; Conflict regarding nuclear weapons and who should have them; Difficulty of making nuclear bombs; Efforts to curtail the spread of nuclear weapons; Speculation about the nuclear weapons that may have been developed in foreign countries.

Focuses on the hibakusha, survivors of the bombing of Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945. Photographs of the survivors and their ailments since the bombing; Loss of family members; Number of miles that they were from the epicenter of the bomb.

Relates the events that led to the surrender of the Japanese in 1945. Initial rejection of the Potsdam declaration which offered Tokyo the opportunity to end the war; The dropping of Little Boy on August 6, 1945 on Hiroshima from `Enola Gay,' a B-29 bomber; Nagasaki; Desription of the fire storm and injuries; Emperor Hirohito's remarks.

The article focuses on the challenges faced by countries across the world to implement nonproliferation of nuclear weapons. It refers to the nuclear attack of Hiroshima, Japan by the U.S. and states that such attacks hinder the full functioning of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), established in 1957 and the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in 1968. It is stated that such treaties have failed because the pacts have not been signed by all the nuclear nations.

Presents the accounts of United States servicemen who were responsible for dropping the nuclear bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. Memories of Theodore Van Kirk, the navigator of the Enola Gay B-29 bomber; Others who remember the event, including Morris R. Jeppson, weapon test officer on the Enola Gay and Frederick L. Ashworth, weaponeer on the Bockscar, the B-29 that dropped the bomb on Nagasaki; Others.

Several letters to the editors are presented in response to articles in previous issues including an article related to the cover story of aging, in the August 3, 1970 issue, an article "Smog Goes Global," in the August 10, 1970 issue, and an article related to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, in the August 10, 1970 issue.

A photographic image is presented which depicts a boy attending to a candlelit paper lantern near the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 2015 in recognition of the 70th anniversary of the World War II-ending nuclear bombings in Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Focuses on the hibakusha, survivors of the bombing of Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945. Photographs of the survivors and their ailments since the bombing; Loss of family members; Number of miles that they were from the epicenter of the bomb.

Presents a graphical look at the bombing of Hiroshima, Japan by the Enola Gay B-29 bomber on August 6, 1945. Map of Japan; How the bomb detonated and where; Number of people who died; Assertion that the mushroom cloud could be seen 350 miles away.

Focuses on August 6, 1945, the day the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan from the B-29 bomber, Enola Gay. Number of people killed instantly; Mention of children who saw the event; Bombing of Nagasaki.

The article discusses the repercussions of the bombardments in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan by the U.S. It is stated that the U.S. authorities wanted to exhibit the country's new power in a spectacular manner forcing Japan to surrender. However, many believed that the surprise bombing was not required as Japan was already defeated. The atomic bomb caused four times the estimated deaths of 20,000 people and left thousands of people injured and maimed. It is believed that nuclear war is not a rational instrument of international policy.

The article focuses on the history of the printing firm of Tomikazu Matsui in Hiroshima, Japan. Matsui was able to rebuild after his Sogo Printing Co. building was destroyed by the bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. He was inspired to print books for children after finding five small schoolchildren dressed in rags sitting among the rubble with their teacher who was drawing kana characters with a charcoal stick on a piece of slate. He printed the magazine "Silver Bells" for young readers, as well as other Matsui books and magazines.

Presents several letters to the editor in response to articles published in the August 1, 2005 issue of "Time." Responses to the cover story about the 60th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing.

Opinion. Comments on the decision of the Smithsonian Institution to cancel the exhibit it had planned at Washington's National Air and Space Museum to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. The reaction of veterans' groups to the planned exhibit; The Enola Gay.

Comments on the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, and discusses the problem that this plane caused at the Smithsonian.

Opinion. Comments on the difficulties at Washington's Smithsonian Institution as curators struggled to find a way to deal with Hiroshima in a 50th-anniversary exhibition about the end of World War II and the dawn of the nuclear era. Objections to the first two scripts; The third version; How the bombing of Hiroshima brought the world into the realm of doomsday.

Describes the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum exhibit centered on the front section of a meticulously restored Enola Gay, the B-29 that in 1945 dropped the first atom bomb. Charge by Air Force veterans that the display is tilted against the United States; Committee for the Restoration and Display of the Enola Gay; Curators Tom Crouch and Michael Neufeld; Position of Robert McCormick Adams, secretary of the Smithsonian.

The article discusses several topics involving people in various fields including politics and sports. It states that 35-year-old Dewi Sukarno, the widowed wife of former Indonesian President Achmed Sukarno visited the House of Dior in Paris, France to try a new furry design. It adds that she has been making a book on Sukarno government and its defeat by the military in 1967. It says that after his return from a U.S. tour, Japanese Emperor Michinomiya Hirohito gave an opinion on the use of atomic bombs by the U.S. in 1945. It mentions that former South Vietnamese Premier Nguyen Cao Ky is conducting college lectures on different topics including a proposal for the U.S. to send soldiers to Vietnam. It relates that Boston Red Sox pitcher Luis Tiant has a new hairpiece.

The article relates the escape of Dr. Fumio Shigeto from the atomic bomb that hit Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945 and his advocacy to help the victims of the bombing. It mentions that after the attack, he decided to treat many victims. He admits that during the time, he felt that he was powerless to do anything to the hundreds of wounded. For the next two months following the bombing, he concentrated on treating survivors in the hospital where he worked. It reveals that in 1956, he was appointed as director of the Atomic Bomb Memorial Hospital.

The article offers information on the Japanese government's attempt to build a nuclear-powered ship in Japan. It cites the failed test run of the 21 million dollars freighter called Mutsu in the waters of northern Japan in 1971. However, the Japanese fishermen with memories of the devastating atomic energy at Hiroshima and Nagasaki have vowed to barricade and to keep the freighter from its home port.

The article reports on the U.S. participation in the second world war. It details the bombings and devastations at Hiroshima which ended the greatest and most terrible war. It mentions the delight of the American soldiers on Japan's surrender despite the fears of a Kamikaze attack and the recent tragic consequence of the war.

The article profiles Reverend Pedro Arrupe, superior general of the Jesuits order, in Japan. Arrupe, the only son among five children of a wealthy architect and newspaper publisher, studied medicine in Madrid, Spain. In 1927, he entered the Jesuit novitiate at Loyola after witnessing and realizing the hardships at the slums of Madrid. He was assigned in Japan after his ordination in 1936 and stayed their for 27 years. Arrupe witnessed the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, wherein, a Jesuit associate noted that Arrupe has seen the apocalypse. His knowledge in medicine was very helpful, for he and his colleagues set up a temporary infirmary at the Jesuit novitiate for the victims of the bombing.

The article offers information on the personal and professional life of the emperor Hirohito of Japan. It discusses how he and his wife spend their time in the palace. It mentions that Hirohito signs around 2,500 documents a year and stamp them with a 7.7 pound gold seal. It informs that his scientific activities have earned him induction into Great Britain's Royal Society, a ceremony likely to be a high point of his European trip. It discusses his visit to Hiroshima after the bomb attack.

The article reports on a study by the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission which suggests that those who lived through atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, are more susceptible than others to a different kind of cancerous ailments. Approximately 20 000 Hiroshima-Nagasaki survivors, all of whom were under ten in 1945, were included in the study. The commission members have said that the cases of cancer in Hiroshima and Nagasaki will yield new clues.

The article reports that Minoru Yuzaki, a sociologist and research fellow at the University of Hiroshima's Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Biology is collecting information about the devastation caused by the atomic bomb dropped on Hirosima, Japan on August 6, 1945 by the at the end of the World War II. His mission is to know the exact death toll, as today also, a quarter-century after the event, no one yet knows how many Japanese died at Hiroshima. Estimates range from a low of 68,000 by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission to a high of 280,000 by Chugoku Shimbun, Hiroshima's most popular daily newspaper. He is working with a small grant of 8,300 dollars and a small staff of student volunteers, and will work for three years.

The article offers information on several political events which have historical significance which including the surrender of Nazi Germany in Germany , the nuclear attack on Hiroshima and Nagasakiin Japan, and the troops of Vietnam overran the 10,000-soldier at Dienbienphu in Vietnam.