Kojiro MORIUCHI (L), whose father was the Atomic Bomb victim, and Professor James Nolan Jr. of William College in the United States, pose for a photo with a bronze bell, the "Kateri Bell of Hope," during a ceremony at the Nagasaki Immaculate Conception Cathedral, known as the "Urakami Cathedral," in Nagasaki, Kyushu, Western Japan, on July 17, 2025. Credit: YUJI SAKAGUCHI/The Yomiuri Shimbun via AFP
Eighty-one years after the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, the pain of that day and the hope for peace continue to be passed down through generations. Today, those memories resonate beyond borders, carried by the sound of the bell at Nagasaki's Urakami Cathedral, restored last year. This story was first published in August 2025.
Eighty-one years after the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, the pain of that day and the hope for peace continue to be passed down through generations. Today, those memories resonate beyond borders, carried by the sound of the bell at Nagasaki's Urakami Cathedral, restored last year. This story was first published in August 2025.
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