(2001 est. pop. 430,000). Nagasaki is a seaport town on the west coast of Kyushu, Japan. Originally a tiny fishing village, Nagasaki first gained prominence with the establishment of its port by the Portuguese in 1571. It served as an active...

Nagasaki is a harbor city located at the southwestern tip of Japan. It is Japan's oldest open port. Traders from the western world started arriving in the mid-sixteenth century. It became a major shipbuilding center by the twentieth century....

Nagasaki may refer to: Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan Nagasaki, Nagasaki, the capital city of the prefecture Nagasaki, a Japanese...

Today is the anniversary of what did not happen. Sixty-one years ago yesterday, the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. The scale of nuclear devastation was apparent at once. The next day, no decision was made to call off the bombing of Nagasaki. Why?...

There wasn't much talking among the hundreds of tourists with us in the museum last month. No horseplay. No family spats. Looking at pictures of 75,000 dead people tends to quiet a crowd. And the Atomic Bomb Museum in Nagasaki is chock full...

All nuclear powers should eliminate their stockpiles and Japan should turn its no-nuclear weapons policy into law, the mayor of Nagasaki said Thursday at a ceremony marking the 62nd anniversary of the world's second atomic bomb attack.The city observed a moment of silence at 11:02...