NAGASAKI -- One of the two bells from the former Urakami Cathedral here, which was destroyed by the U.S. atomic bombing during World War II, was recently unveiled after being restored with ...

The single blast destroyed everything within a three-kilometre radius, including the Urakami cathedral, the largest Catholic church in East Asia. But 70 years later, Nagasaki is once again a ...

Japanese travel company H.I.S. Co kept its identity under wraps when it settled the $7.1 million purchase of the double site between Cathedral ... in a bellboy hat, in Nagasaki in Japan.

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In 1864, he built an impressive church in Nagasaki: Oura Cathedral. 11:23 He wrote: "For 250 years, there was neither priest nor church here. We must begin all over again." 11:36 ...

At the same time, the number of those who still remember the attack is dwindling. Catholics attend an early morning Mass at the Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki, southern Japan Saturday, April 26, 2025. ...

Visitors look at a new bell donated to Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki on Saturday. The bell replaces the previous one damaged in the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing. The Yomiuri Shimbun 16:31 JST, May 24, ...

Catholics attend an early morning Mass at the Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki, southern Japan Saturday, April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) ...

Explore the fading faith of Nagasaki’s hidden Christians and the rich history behind their perseverance in a challenging ...

On Aug. 9, 1945, U.S. forces detonated an atomic bomb over Nagasaki. Shiroyama Elementary School was only 500 meters (1,600 ...