A bird flies past the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, Monday, August 4, 2025 as Japan will mark 80th anniversary of the WWII U.S. atomic bombing on August 6. HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Hiroshima is marking the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city.

A historian has revealed that a university was the first institution to respond to a global call for support after the Japanese city of Hiroshima was destroyed by an American atomic bomb in 1945. Doctor Jacqui Turner from the University of Reading's department of history led the research into previously unseen documents which remained a secret for 60 years.