On August 6, 1945, a 10-foot-long uranium bomb called "Little Boy" was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.

The new exhibit will have selective materials for children to view amid a fear they could leave only thinking they saw something horrifying rather than thinking about peace.

The printing press, light bulb, internal combustion engine and computer moved the world into a mostly better future.

The story of Sadako Sasaki, a Japanese girl who died of leukemia 10 years after being exposed to radiation from the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, has inspired children in the Philippines to fold origami peace cranes in a campaign to end war.

Hibakusha atomic bomb survivors and bereaved families offered prayers at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on Thursday, hoping for a peaceful world without nuclear weapons 81 years after the US atomic bombing of the western Japan city.