NAGASAKI, Japan -- In 1945, Masahito Hirose saw the white mushroom cloud rise from the atomic bomb that incinerated this city and that left his aunt to die a slow, painful death, bleeding from her nose and gums. Still, like other survivors of the attacks here and in Hiroshima, he quietly accepted Japan's postwar embrace of nuclear-generated power,...
The mushroom cloud is one of those images that's hard to process without resorting to abstractions. In our minds this symbol of nuclear Armageddon has somehow become detached from the weapon's deadly efficacy. Art has sometimes attacked this disconnect: see Warhol's ''Atomic Bomb,'' Takashi Murakami's skull-faced plume and the ending montage of...
TOKYO -- For many businesspeople looking to re-invent themselves by getting an M.B.A., there is one well-worn question: How much more will I be worth after obtaining the actual degree? In Japan, the answer is not simple -- nor is it a given that one's perceived value will increase at all. In fact, most companies have been known to look askance at...
Nagasaki (japansk: 長崎) er en japansk by beliggende på sydvestkysten af øen Kyushu. I 2003 havde byen 418.901 indbyggere.
Nagasaki blev den 9. august 1945 ramt af den anden atombombe efter Hiroshima blev ramt tre dage før.