Podcasts about Hiroshima

This week marks the 81st anniversary of the US dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. Fred Kaplan, Slate's War Stories columnist, contributor to The iPaper and the author of many nonfiction books and his latest, a novel, A Capital Calamity (Miniver Press, 2024), recalls the history and discusses the current state of nuclear weapons, especially as it relates to the war with Iran. Photo: People stand along the Motoyasu river as Kagaribi, ceremonial bonfires, are lit in front of the Atomic Bomb Dome to remember the victims on the eve of the 81st anniversary of the world's first atomic bomb attack, in Hiroshima on August 5, 2026. (Photo by JIJI Press / AFP via Getty Images) / Japan OUT   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This week marks the 81st anniversary of the US dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. On Today's Show:Fred Kaplan, Slate's War Stories columnist, contributor to The iPaper and the author of many nonfiction books and his latest, a novel, A Capital Calamity (Miniver Press, 2024), recalls the history and discusses the current state of nuclear weapons, especially as it relates to the war with Iran. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On August 6, 1945, the U.S. dropped the first atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, killing an estimated 140,000 thousand people. Hideko Tamura Snider was 10 years old at the time of the devastating blast and suffered unspeakable loss. She tells her story and her work for peace and reconciliation in the new documentary “Seeds of Peace.” She recently revised and updated her 1998 memoir  “One Sunny Day” to include this work.   The film documents her involvement in the years-long effort taking the seeds of trees that survived the atomic bomb to grow dozens of trees in Oregon. The communities chosen have ties to “World War II memory, Japanese American incarceration, veterans’ experience, and reconciliation.” We talk with the historian David-Paul B. Hedberg, producer and director of “Seeds of Peace." The film is screening around the state, including on the August 6 anniversary at Portland’s Tomorrow Theater.  

The USS Indianapolis sinking remains one of the most devastating naval disasters of World War II. On July 30, 1945, Japanese submarine I-58 torpedoed the heavy cruiser in the Philippine Sea after it completed a secret mission delivering components for the Little Boy atomic bomb to Tinian.Indianapolis sank in about twelve minutes. Nearly nine hundred sailors and Marines reached the water alive, but only 316 of the nearly twelve hundred people aboard survived. For more than three days, the survivors drifted across miles of open ocean with little food, almost no fresh water and failing life jackets. They endured burns, injuries, dehydration, hallucinations, exposure and real shark attacks whose exact death toll can never be known. No rescue force had been sent to find them. The Navy's movement-reporting system failed to recognize that an entire warship was missing, and patrol pilot Wilbur Gwinn discovered the survivors only after a faulty antenna drew him to a hatch above an enormous oil slick.In this episode of Terrifying & True, we follow the secret atomic mission, the attack by Mochitsura Hashimoto's submarine, the twelve-minute sinking, the desperate work of men such as Lewis Haynes, Thomas Conway and Edward Parke, and the dangerous open-ocean landing by PBY pilot Robert Adrian Marks. We also examine the court-martial of Captain Charles McVay, the campaign to clear his name, the 2017 discovery of the wreck, and the way Quint's famous Jaws monologue transformed a complex institutional disaster into a shark legend.Inside this episode:USS Indianapolis and the secret Little Boy atomic bomb mission Japanese submarine I-58 and commander Mochitsura Hashimoto The twelve-minute sinking and nearly nine hundred men in the water Sharks, dehydration, hallucinations and more than three days at sea Wilbur Gwinn, Robert Marks and the accidental rescue Captain Charles McVay's court-martial and eventual exoneration How did a decorated American cruiser vanish between major bases without triggering an immediate search - and why did it take fifty-five years to correct the blame placed on its captain? We're telling that story tonight.

A tour offering views of reconstruction in Hiroshima, a city in western Japan, following the U.S. atomic bombing 81 years ago aboard a streetcar that survived the blast started on Sunday.

Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( @Nmcanopus ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. travelersinthenight.org From November 2025. Today's 2 topics: - Throughout history small close approaching space rocks have been a part of our environment. Now, thanks to improved telescopes and cameras, asteroid hunters are routinely discovering these small asteroids as they pass closer than the Moon is to us. Since these tiny asteroids are only bright enough to detect for a few days out of their long, many month duration paths about the Sun, astronomers have had difficulty in determining how many of these small space rocks may exist in near Earth space. This effort received more emphasis when a house sized space rock exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia in 2013 releasing about 10 times the energy of the Hiroshima atomic bomb.   - Jupiter has been observed throughout human history and is so bright that you can even spot it under the artificial light dome of one of our cities. Even so it is less than 40 years ago that we were first able to view Jupiter in detail as the Voyagers streaked by it. Jupiter contains more than twice the mass of all of the other planets, dwarf planets, asteroids, and comets in our solar system combined. Eons ago, our solar systems very own giant planet, Jupiter, appears to have cleared out the inner solar system leaving enough rocky debris to form Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.    We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs.  Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too!  Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit http://www.redbubble.com/people/CosmoQuestX/shop for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations.  Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!) ------------------------------------ The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by the Planetary Science Institute. http://www.psi.edu Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at info@365DaysOfAstronomy.org.

Tetsuko 'Tess' McKenzie was on her way to the train station on 6 August 1945 to catch a train into central Hiroshima with a friend. By chance, she missed the train — a twist of fate that saved her life. She later married an Australian soldier, moved to Australia, and began a new chapter as one of the country's Japanese war brides. This story was first published in July 2025. - Tetsuko McKenzie（愛称・テスさん）さんは、1945年8月6日、友人とともに広島市内へ向かう汽車に乗るため、駅へ向かっていました。しかし、たまたま一本前の汽車に乗り遅れたことで、命をつなぐことになります。その後、オーストラリア兵と結婚するため海を渡り、「戦争花嫁」としてオーストラリアで新たな人生を歩みました。2025年8月放送。Listen to SBS Japanese Audio on Tue, Thu and Fri from 1pm on SBS 3. Replays from 10pm on Tue, Thu and Sat on SBS1. Listen to past stories from our podcast. Download the free SBS Audio App and don't forget to visit SBS Japanese Facebook and Instagram page! - SBSの日本語放送は火木金の午後１時からSBS3で生放送！火木土の夜10時からはおやすみ前にSBS1で再放送が聞けます。SBS日本語放送ポッドキャストから過去のストーリーを聞くこともできます。無料でダウンロードできるSBS Audio Appもどうぞ。SBS 日本語放送のFacebookとInstagramもお忘れなく。

広島駅に乗り入れる「被爆電車」６５３号、２日、広島市原爆投下から８１年の節目を控えた広島市で２日、原爆で損傷し修復された広島電鉄の「被爆電車」６５３号で市内中心部を巡り、復興の歩みをたどるツアー「ピースループ６５３」が期間限定で始まった。 A tour offering views of reconstruction in Hiroshima, a city in western Japan, following the U.S. atomic bombing 81 years ago aboard a streetcar that survived the blast started on Sunday.

The Church Of The Souls Evolution with The Reverend Blake Rubie (Ordained Minister) Time Travel, Soul Evolution, and the Prayer That Can Change the World Reverend Blake Rubie reflects on singing, service, extraterrestrials, time travel, afterlife judgment, world conflict, prayer, and the soul's journey, urging listeners to love one another, respect the human family, and help guide Earth toward peace. Everyday Life, Date Night, and Toastmasters In this episode of The Church of the Soul's Evolution, Reverend Blake Rubie opens with a personal update from San Antonio, mentioning the weather, a movie date night with his wife, and their new Friday-night routine of going out together. He also discusses attending a Toastmasters meeting that morning, where he gave a short speech he later expands on during the broadcast. The corrected transcript notes that Blake's spiritual, metaphysical, political, and personal reflections are preserved as his statements, while claims about extraterrestrials, time travel, hell, world politics, and religious belief are not independently verified. Singing, Military Cadence, and Service to Wounded Warriors Blake spends a major portion of the early episode reflecting on his lifelong connection to singing. He traces that gift back to his Army service beginning in 1982, when he sang cadence during infantry training and later carried that love of music into karaoke, church choir, and personal practice. He describes singing for wounded warriors at the Warrior and Family Support Center on Fort Sam Houston as one of the best things he has done, recalling how he brought equipment, performed during lunch gatherings, and used music as a quiet form of service, encouragement, and praise. The Sun, Spirit, Hell, and the Recorded Life The episode then moves into Blake's metaphysical view of the sun, spirit, death, and afterlife judgment. He describes human beings as spirits in material bodies, says every second of life is recorded, and presents dreams as times when the spirit leaves the body and travels into “dream land.” Blake also gives an intense description of hell or purgatory as a temporary place of painful rehabilitation for deeply harmful people, while emphasizing that the Creator is ultimately merciful and that souls continue their journey after correction. Creation, Extraterrestrials, and the Universe of Many Beings Blake expands his reflections into a cosmology that includes the Big Bang, a male-and-female Creator, four forces of the universe, and thousands of extraterrestrial civilizations. He describes many types of beings — humanoids, greys, beings of light, hermaphroditic beings, and advanced races from other planets and galaxies — and frames Earth as a young species being helped by older souls and more advanced civilizations. He also suggests that some billionaires and powerful people may be younger souls who make life difficult for others on this planet. Time Travel, Living Spacecraft, and Parallel Reality The central teaching comes from Blake's Toastmasters speech on time travel. He describes extraterrestrial spacecraft as living entities, possibly made from plant matter, crystalline structure, and other materials, piloted through consciousness and advanced mind-machine interaction. Blake says some beings can accelerate close to the speed of light, harness universal energy, and transition into a parallel or spiritual universe where time can be traveled as a location or trail. In his explanation, travelers re-enter the physical universe at a chosen point in history, then return by riding the parallel-universe path forward while avoiding the danger of returning to the same place and time as their earlier selves. Thiaoouba, Guardianship, Nuclear Danger, and Free Will Blake also discusses extraterrestrials from Thiaoouba, describing them as nine-foot-tall hermaphroditic guardians who have interacted with Earth for thousands of years and are represented, in his view, by the statues on Easter Island. He presents advanced civilizations as responsible for helping lower civilizations, but says they cannot override human free will except in rare moments of crisis or divine intervention. This leads into his warning about nuclear weapons, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the possibility that civilizations must suffer consequences if they choose self-destruction rather than peaceful cooperation. Prayer, Peace, Palestine, Iran, and the Human Family The final section turns toward peace, prayer, and human dignity. Blake argues that Earth is a difficult school for the soul, but that people can still make the world better by loving one another, respecting human life, and praying for others. He speaks emotionally about Palestine, Israel, October 7th, Iran, war, innocent civilians, Trump, political division, and the inability of nations to talk through conflict. He closes by calling on “prayer warriors” to pray for the world, asking the Creator to help humanity survive, continue its soul evolution, and learn to love each other more fully.

The Church Of The Souls Evolution with The Reverend Blake Rubie (Ordained Minister) Time Travel, Soul Evolution, and the Prayer That Can Change the World Reverend Blake Rubie reflects on singing, service, extraterrestrials, time travel, afterlife judgment, world conflict, prayer, and the soul's journey, urging listeners to love one another, respect the human family, and help guide Earth toward peace. Everyday Life, Date Night, and Toastmasters In this episode of The Church of the Soul's Evolution, Reverend Blake Rubie opens with a personal update from San Antonio, mentioning the weather, a movie date night with his wife, and their new Friday-night routine of going out together. He also discusses attending a Toastmasters meeting that morning, where he gave a short speech he later expands on during the broadcast. The corrected transcript notes that Blake's spiritual, metaphysical, political, and personal reflections are preserved as his statements, while claims about extraterrestrials, time travel, hell, world politics, and religious belief are not independently verified. Singing, Military Cadence, and Service to Wounded Warriors Blake spends a major portion of the early episode reflecting on his lifelong connection to singing. He traces that gift back to his Army service beginning in 1982, when he sang cadence during infantry training and later carried that love of music into karaoke, church choir, and personal practice. He describes singing for wounded warriors at the Warrior and Family Support Center on Fort Sam Houston as one of the best things he has done, recalling how he brought equipment, performed during lunch gatherings, and used music as a quiet form of service, encouragement, and praise. The Sun, Spirit, Hell, and the Recorded Life The episode then moves into Blake's metaphysical view of the sun, spirit, death, and afterlife judgment. He describes human beings as spirits in material bodies, says every second of life is recorded, and presents dreams as times when the spirit leaves the body and travels into “dream land.” Blake also gives an intense description of hell or purgatory as a temporary place of painful rehabilitation for deeply harmful people, while emphasizing that the Creator is ultimately merciful and that souls continue their journey after correction. Creation, Extraterrestrials, and the Universe of Many Beings Blake expands his reflections into a cosmology that includes the Big Bang, a male-and-female Creator, four forces of the universe, and thousands of extraterrestrial civilizations. He describes many types of beings — humanoids, greys, beings of light, hermaphroditic beings, and advanced races from other planets and galaxies — and frames Earth as a young species being helped by older souls and more advanced civilizations. He also suggests that some billionaires and powerful people may be younger souls who make life difficult for others on this planet. Time Travel, Living Spacecraft, and Parallel Reality The central teaching comes from Blake's Toastmasters speech on time travel. He describes extraterrestrial spacecraft as living entities, possibly made from plant matter, crystalline structure, and other materials, piloted through consciousness and advanced mind-machine interaction. Blake says some beings can accelerate close to the speed of light, harness universal energy, and transition into a parallel or spiritual universe where time can be traveled as a location or trail. In his explanation, travelers re-enter the physical universe at a chosen point in history, then return by riding the parallel-universe path forward while avoiding the danger of returning to the same place and time as their earlier selves. Thiaoouba, Guardianship, Nuclear Danger, and Free Will Blake also discusses extraterrestrials from Thiaoouba, describing them as nine-foot-tall hermaphroditic guardians who have interacted with Earth for thousands of years and are represented, in his view, by the statues on Easter Island. He presents advanced civilizations as responsible for helping lower civilizations, but says they cannot override human free will except in rare moments of crisis or divine intervention. This leads into his warning about nuclear weapons, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the possibility that civilizations must suffer consequences if they choose self-destruction rather than peaceful cooperation. Prayer, Peace, Palestine, Iran, and the Human Family The final section turns toward peace, prayer, and human dignity. Blake argues that Earth is a difficult school for the soul, but that people can still make the world better by loving one another, respecting human life, and praying for others. He speaks emotionally about Palestine, Israel, October 7th, Iran, war, innocent civilians, Trump, political division, and the inability of nations to talk through conflict. He closes by calling on “prayer warriors” to pray for the world, asking the Creator to help humanity survive, continue its soul evolution, and learn to love each other more fully.

Block A rolls into Hiroshima with two matches that could've sunk the card and two that absolutely saved it — plus a main event that makes Takeshita the first man in either block to hit double digits. Full night breakdown, match ratings, and where the block picture stands with three matches to go.⏱️ What we cover:- Boltin Oleg's fast, dominant win over Sanada to open the show- The Jake Lee/Yuto-Ice handcuff fiasco - Great-O-Khan and Shingo Takagi brawl to the bathroom- Yota Tsuji vs. Ryohei Oiwa and Takeshita vs Goto in save the dayWhich of these matches blew you away more?#G1Climax36 #NJPW #KonosukeTakeshita—————————————————————

Welcome to the long hot doldrums of summer—-that nowhere space between July and August, when we realize that the sweet relief of Fall weather, and an earlier setting sun isn't as close as we wish. It's a space where we humans just try to create a life tempo we can manage under the beating sun, and maybe find a little lost island in the seas of our mind, that is always lush and cool, and restores our soul.In this episode we revisit a favorite film of ours from childhood. The Godzilla universe has its own Wiki, it is a universe that has been elaborated and reimagined for several generations now. It has its own lexicon and resident experts. It has scads and scads of impressive dissertations and responses on Reddit. We won't pretend to know everything about Kaiju, we will leave that to the pros. What we can share is that in revisiting one of our favorite entries of the realm of great beasts, Mothra, and her significance in the Godzilla saga takes on a deeper meaning than could we could comprehend with our little 10 year old brains watching Creature Feature on a summer Saturday night. It is in the most humble, caring, and selfless way — a masterpiece. Mothra is the queen of monsters, and we love her.P.S. We love The Peanuts too. Listen to them. They are great.Episode links:‘Godzilla' was a metaphor for Hiroshima and Hollywood Source: NBC News https://share.google/bn1DknrcbL2Q6sD9kGodzilla and the Bravo shot Source: Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus https://share.google/xGQ7DTKAZTM7pmdh6Imperial Monsters … https://www.popmatters.com/godzilla-mothra-king-ghidorah-html

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記者会見で平和宣言の骨子を発表する広島市の松井一実市長、３１日午後、同市広島市の松井一実市長と長崎市の鈴木史朗市長は３１日、それぞれ記者会見し、８月６日と９日の原爆の日に読み上げる平和宣言の骨子を発表した。 The mayors of Hiroshima in western Japan and Nagasaki in southwestern Japan plan to underline the importance of trust-building and action toward peace while urging the abolition of nuclear weapons in their annual peace declarations amid deepening global divisions, outlines released Friday showed.

1945 töten die zwei Atombomben in Hiroshima und Nagasaki auf einen Schlag fast 100'000 Menschen. Ein Ereignis, das sich in der Musik niederschlägt. In Protestsongs. Aber nicht nur. In der Musikgeschichte der Atombombe zeigt sich auch eine Menge Sarkasmus und Verherrlichung der mörderischen Waffe. «Love that Bomb!» singen «Dr. Strangelove and the Fallouts» 1964, «Not the tiny toy from Word War I / This one is a million times more fun.» Galgenhumor angesichts der omnipräsenten Angst vor dem atomaren Wettrüsten im Kalten Krieg. Ein paar Jahre früher zeichnet die populäre Musik ein ganz anderes Bild: Obwohl fast 100'000 Menschen unmittelbar nach den Explosionen sterben, feiert die Mehrheit der US-Popstars die Atombombe ernsthaft – als Symbol des Sieges und Friedens, das den Feind Japan in die Knie gezwungen hat. Am Morgen nach dem Fall der Bombe auf Hiroshima entsteht mit dem fröhlichen Western Swing-Song «Atomic Power» der erste von zahlreichen Songs über Atombomben. Diese Songs sind stets ein Sensor der Gesellschaft. So spiegeln sich in vielen Liedern der 60er die Angst der Bevölkerung vor der omnipräsenten atomaren Bedrohung: «I want to be normal in every way / But a mushroom cloud hangs over my dreams», singt etwa der Rock'n'Roller Sammy Salvo. Und nach der Nuklearkatastrophe von Fukushima 2011 wird Protestmusik in Japan zum mächtigen Treiber in der Anti-Atomkraft-Bewegung. Bleibt noch Nordkorea – welche Rolle spielt die Musik im aktuellen atomaren Konflikt mit den USA? Die «Passage» rollt 70 Jahre Atommusik auf und zeigt damit, dass es sich lohnt, zweimal hinzuhören und sich nicht nur von den fröhlichen Klängen eines Popsongs täuschen zu lassen. Erstsendung: 29.9.2017 Das Feature wurde mit dem Zürcher Radiopreis 2018 ausgezeichnet.

The mayors of Hiroshima in western Japan and Nagasaki in southwestern Japan plan to underline the importance of trust-building and action toward peace while urging the abolition of nuclear weapons in their annual peace declarations amid deepening global divisions, outlines released Friday showed.

Re-running Summer of Trinity, this time with episodes released at the start of their respective weeks rather than the end.  Just for a different perspective. July 29 to August 4 This is Summer of Trinity - a daily description of events in the summer of 1945.This episode has daily events for the week ending Saturday August 4, 1945. Sunday, July 29,1945 - 13 Days After Trinity   https://usnhistory.navylive.dodlive.mil/Recent/Article-View/Article/2686164/navy-lessons-learned-from-sinking-of-indianapolis/   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Mayfield - final MoH for actions before August 15 cessation of hostilities   Pumpkin bomb sorties - 9 aircraft   Monday, July 30,1945 - 14 Days After Trinity   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mochitsura_Hashimoto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Idaho_(BB-42)   Indianapolis was sunk from an attack at just after midnight local time. (It's still the 29th in Zulu / GMT/UTC time, which might be where some of the confusion comes from.) The moon was waning gibbous and rose at 10:28pm.  It would have been well above the eastern horizon at midnight. (Again, Indianapolis was heading west, Hashimoto attacked the Starboard side, so he was facing south. That would've put the moon to his own starboard side, and about 20 degrees up from the horizon. ) https://phasesmoon.com/moonday29July1945.html Hashimoto notes that the moon was up when he found Indianapolis - and that therefore he dove quickly.  Action report says 450 miles EAST of Leyte gulf, heading 262 so just short of due West (270).  https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/loss-of-uss-indianapolis-ca-35/investigation-and-court-martial/after-action-report-of-mcvay.html   https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/loss-of-uss-indianapolis-ca-35/investigation-and-court-martial/court-martial.html   Tuesday, July 31,1945 - 15 Days After Trinity The submarine USS Bullhead leaves Fremantle, Australia, to commence her third war patrol.  This patrol would be under the command of Lieutenant Commander Edward R. Holt, Jr. The previous captain  of Bullhead, Commander Walter T Griffith, is sent to Guam, where he is to become Assistant Operations Officer to Vice Admiral Lockwood. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_T._Griffith Griffith recieved TWO Navy Crosses - from his previous sub tours, before Bullhead.  Stimson to Truman https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/research-files/henry-stimson-harry-s-truman-attached-draft-press-release?documentid=NA&pagenumber=1 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/greg-mitchell/countdown-to-hiroshima-for-july_b_3663837.html   August 1945   Wednesday, August 1,1945 - 16 Days After Trinity   Thursday, August 2,1945 - 17 Days After Trinity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Indianapolis_(CA-35) An intersting equivalence, the ship was sunk early Monday, one week before Hiroshima; they are found mid-Thursday, one week before Nagasaki Friday, August 3,1945 - 18 Days After Trinity https://www.csmonitor.com/1995/0802/02101.html Hiroshima's Legacy - by Motoko Sakama Been looking for some pictures of the train station in Kobe, found one of GIs there in January 1946, and this one here. https://www.meijishowa.com/photography/5335/160305-0004-hankyu-railway-kobe-station Saturday, August 4,1945 - 19 Days After Trinity The Soviets gifted a plaque to the U.S. Ambassador to Moscow that was secretly bugged with The Thing, one of the earliest covert listening devices ever invented. It would hang in the Spaso House for seven years until its secret was discovered. Paul Tibbets briefed his crewmates on the bombing mission to Hiroshima, saying the bombs would be immensely powerful and "something new in the history of warfare", but giving no specifics.[   Summer of Trinity is a part of Mapping History here on The Latest Generation.

After an extended intro to this episode in which Jonny and Ben discuss the news that Go Oiwa will take over from Hajime Moriyasu after the Asian Cup, we were thrilled to welcome Hiroshima correspondent Robert Turner back to the pod to chat about Sanfrecce's big swings in the transfer market, and how they might fare under Bartosch Gaul (to 34:00). Then in Part 2 we move from west back east, previewing Okayama (34:05 to 45:20), Nagoya (45:20 to 55:50), FC Tokyo (55:50 to 1:08:45), Tokyo Verdy (1:08:45 to 1:20:00), Chiba (1:20:00 to 1:31:05) and Urawa (1:31:05 to end), leaving us with six more clubs to preview next week ahead of the big Friday night kickoff.

Monica Pareschi"Ragazze squattrinate"Muriel SparkAdelphiwww.adelphi.itChiudere in una residenza edoardiana che ha visto tempi migliori un gruppo di ragazze smaniose di tuffarsi nelle delizie e nelle trappole della vita adulta in una metropoli appena uscita dalla guerra, documentarne le infatuazioni, gli eccessi, le goffaggini, le piccole e grandi défaillance: parrebbero i solidi presupposti di una commedia brillante. È quanto promette, sulle prime, questo romanzo, che diventa tuttavia ben di più e ben altro nelle mani di una scrittrice che ha fatto della commistione di toni e del depistaggio il suo marchio di fabbrica. In una Londra metafisica e postbellica, segnata dalle bombe e dai razionamenti non meno che dai fremiti che si accompagnano alle prospettive di pace, le giovani donne del May of Teck, benemerita fondazione per lavoratrici sotto i trent'anni, si scambiano cioccolato e crema idratante, bollini della tessera annonaria e confidenze sugli amori in corso o solo fantasticati, e un unico vestito davvero elegante, mentre giungono gli echi delle bombe sganciate su Hiroshima e Nagasaki. Saranno questi, insieme ad altri indizi più vicini, reali e letterari, a suggerire la presenza di forze oscure in agguato e a farci presagire l'evento atroce e insondabile che segnerà la loro vita e quella di chi gravita intorno a loro. Un ticchettio minaccioso, come di una bomba pronta a esplodere, che risuona fin dalle prime pagine di un romanzo che è esso stesso un ordigno esplosivo raffinato e spiazzante.Muriel Spark (Edimburgo, 1918 – Firenze, 2006) è stata una delle voci più originali e taglienti della letteratura britannica del Novecento. Nata da padre ebreo e madre cristiana, dopo gli studi si trasferì per alcuni anni in Rhodesia, per poi tornare in Gran Bretagna durante la Seconda guerra mondiale, quando lavorò per i servizi segreti britannici. Nel dopoguerra si dedicò alla poesia e alla critica letteraria, diventando redattrice del Poetry Review; nel 1954 si convertì al cattolicesimo, passaggio che considerò decisivo per la propria vocazione di romanziera.Esordì nella narrativa con The Comforters (1957) e raggiunse la fama internazionale con The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961, La ragazza di talento), da cui fu tratto anche un celebre film. Tra le altre opere principali: Memento Mori (1959), The Girls of Slender Means (1963), The Mandelbaum Gate (1965, premiato con il James Tait Black Memorial Prize), The Public Image (1968) e The Driver's Seat (1970). Il suo stile, ironico e spiazzante, unisce precisione formale e un gusto quasi crudele per il paradosso morale.Visse a lungo a New York e poi a Roma, dove nel 1968 conobbe l'artista Penelope Jardine: insieme si stabilirono infine in Toscana, a Civitella in Val di Chiana. Fu insignita di numerosi riconoscimenti, tra cui l'Ingersoll Foundation T.S. Eliot Award (1992) e il David Cohen British Literature Prize (1997); nel 1993 fu nominata Dama Comandante dell'Impero Britannico.Monica Pareschi vive a Milano e da oltre vent'anni traduce autori di lingua inglese: tra gli altri Charlotte Brontë, Edith Wharton, Doris Lessing, Willa Cather, J.G. Ballard, Bernard Malamud, Shirley Jackson, Paul Auster, Alice McDermott, Hisham Matar, Mark Haddon, Muriel Spark e, più di recente, Claire Keegan, Christopher Isherwood, Tom Crewe, Ken Greenhall ed Emma Cline.Nel 2020 ha vinto il Premio Gregor von Rezzori per la traduzione di Cime tempestose di Emily Brontë (Einaudi, 2019); nel 2023 il Premio Fondazione Capalbio per la traduzione di Piccole cose da nulla di Claire Keegan. Insegna traduzione letteraria all'Università Cattolica di Brescia e lavora come editor freelance.È autrice di È di vetro quest'aria (Italic, 2014, Premio Renato Fucini) e della raccolta di racconti Inverness (Polidoro, 2024).Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/

President Volodymyr Zelensky is in Washington voor de uitvaart van senator Lindsey Graham én een ontmoeting met Donald Trump in het Witte Huis. Hij wil daarbij vooral extra Patriot-luchtverdediging en zwaardere sancties tegen Rusland binnenhalen, terwijl het Congres werkt aan de ‘Lindsey O. Graham Sanctions Act on Russia’. Volgens buitenlandredacteur Luc de Klerk moet Zelensky de Amerikaanse steun consolideren nu Oekraïne militair beter presteert en zijn positie bij Trump lijkt te verbeteren. Het zuidelijke Japanse eiland Kyushu is getroffen door een zware aardbeving met een magnitude van 7,1, dicht bij de stad Kumamoto. Geofysicus Rob Govers van de Universiteit Utrecht legt uit dat de vrijgekomen energie overeenkomt met circa 30 keer de bom op Hiroshima, wat leidt tot zware schade, branden en ingestorte gebouwen zoals een winkelcentrum waar tientallen mensen vastzitten. Hoewel Japan goed is voorbereid en veel gebouwen zijn versterkt, blijven oudere constructies kwetsbaar en wordt rekening gehouden met naschokken. Philips krijgt 168 miljoen euro terug van de Amerikaanse overheid aan onterecht betaalde importheffingen, na een uitspraak van het Hoge Gerechtshof dat Trumps heffingen onwettig waren. Beleidsadviseur Casper Roerade van Evofenedex schetst dat in totaal circa 160 tot 166 miljard dollar aan bedrijven wordt terugbetaald, waarvan al zo’n 86 miljard is uitgekeerd, en dat vooral Amerikaanse importeurs van record aanspraak kunnen maken. Tegelijkertijd blijven andere heffingen, zoals Section 232-tarieven op staal en aluminium, in stand en drukken die nog steeds op internationale handel. Deze omschrijving is met AI gemaakt en gecontroleerd door een BNR-redacteur. Over deze podcast BNR Nieuws Vandaag is de podcast met daarin BNR Ochtendnieuws en BNR Avondnieuws. Je krijgt ’s ochtends vroeg en aan het einde van de werkdag in 20 minuten het belangrijkste nieuws van de dag. Abonneer je via bnr.nl/podcast/bnrnieuwsvandaag, de BNR-app, Spotify en Apple Podcasts. Of luister elke dag live via bnr.nl/live.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jim Thomas has devoted most of his life to peace making, creating a world free of nuclear weapons. In April 1982, Jim joined a core group of 19 pilgrims of varying ages to walk from Bangor Trident Nuclear Submarine Base on the Kitsap Peninsular to Bethlehem in Palestine, arriving there December 24, 1983. The pilgrimage was an encounter with citizens of many different countries. In the US, these encounters were received mainly as messages of hope. Following this pilgrimage, Jim continued researching the 'costs' of nuclear armament in the US, the illnesses suffered by countless people downwind of Hanford, downwind of many towns and cities where atomic tests were conducted. The accounts of which are shared in his memoir "Atomic Pilgrim: How Walking Thousands of Miles for Peace Led to Uncovering Some of America's Darkest Nuclear Secrets". www.jamespatrickthomas.comMoreover, there will be an event organized by Northwest Against Nuclear Weapons and their partners August 8th/9th, commemorating the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at Ground Zero for Nonviolent Action in Poulsbo. Further info at: https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/blog/tag/ground-zero-poulsbo See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

World War II concluded with Japan's unconditional surrender after the United States dropped two atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. What led to President Truman's order to deploy this new weapon? Was the first and only wartime use of nuclear bombs justified?

Former LSU standout, NBA veteran, and professional basketball player Johnny O'Bryant III joins the Krewe to discuss his unique connections to Japan, from playing for the Ibaraki Robots in Japan's B.League to founding Noir Caesar, his own manga publishing company. We explore his experiences living and competing in Japan, how a lifelong passion for manga grew into a business, and what it takes to balance life as a professional athlete and entrepreneur. It's a conversation about basketball, Japanese culture, creativity, and chasing passions both on and off the court. ------ About the Krewe ------ The Krewe of Japan Podcast is a weekly episodic podcast sponsored by the Japan Society of New Orleans. Check them out every Friday afternoon around noon CST on Apple, Google, Spotify, Amazon, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts.  Want to share your experiences with the Krewe? Or perhaps you have ideas for episodes, feedback, comments, or questions? Let the Krewe know by e-mail at kreweofjapanpodcast@gmail.com or on social media (Twitter: @kreweofjapan, Instagram: @kreweofjapanpodcast, Facebook: Krewe of Japan Podcast Page, TikTok: @kreweofjapanpodcast, LinkedIn: Krewe of Japan LinkedIn Page, Blue Sky Social: @kreweofjapan.bsky.social, & the Krewe of Japan Youtube Channel). Until next time, enjoy! ------ Support the Krewe! Offer Links for Affiliates ------ Use the referral links below & our promo code from the episode! Support your favorite NFL Team AND podcast! Shop NFLShop to gear up for football season! Zencastr Offer Link - Use my special link to save 30% off your 1st month of any Zencastr paid plan!  ------ Links for Johnny & Noir Caesar ------ Noir Caesar Website Johnny on IG B.League Website ------ JSNO Upcoming Events ------ JSNO Event Calendar Join JSNO Today!

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for July 23, 2026 is: maverick • MAV-rik • noun Maverick refers to a person who refuses to follow the customs or rules of a group; in other words, a nonconformist. // Ayo has always been a bit of a maverick in the fashion world, inventing new trends rather than following them. See the entry > Examples: “[Luis] Alvarez has been described as a scientific Indiana Jones, but his reputation as a maverick was built on a foundation of patience and discipline.” — Alec Nevala-Lee, Collisions: A Physicist's Journey from Hiroshima to the Death of the Dinosaurs, 2025 Did you know? When a client gave Samuel A. Maverick 400 cattle to settle a $1,200 debt, the 19th-century south Texas lawyer had no use for them, so he left the cattle unbranded and allowed them to roam freely (supposedly under the supervision of one of his employees). Neighboring stockmen recognized their opportunity and seized it, branding and herding the stray cattle as their own. Maverick eventually recognized the folly of the situation and sold what was left of his depleted herd, but not before his name became synonymous with such unbranded livestock. By the end of the 19th century, the term maverick was being used to refer to individuals who prefer, like cattle left to their own devices, to blaze their own trails.

Dr. Robert Joustra joins The Biblical Mind Podcast to explore one of the most neglected questions in Christian ethics: What does the Bible have to say about international politics? Beginning with difficult questions like the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Joustra argues that Christians need more than political pragmatism—they need a distinctly biblical framework for thinking about war, diplomacy, justice, nationalism, and global responsibility.Drawing from the theological tradition of Augustine, Calvin, and Abraham Kuyper, Joustra explains how concepts like just war theory, ordered loves, sphere sovereignty, and the common good help Christians navigate today's geopolitical challenges. The conversation examines whether Scripture speaks to foreign policy, how the prophets shape our understanding of nations, and why political power must always remain penultimate to the kingship of Christ.The discussion also engages contemporary debates surrounding nationalism, empire, immigration, religious identity, and the American political experiment, offering a thoughtful Christian response to the complexities of modern international relations.Whether you're interested in biblical theology, political philosophy, Christian ethics, or global affairs, this episode provides a rich introduction to thinking faithfully about the nations, justice, and the role of Christians in an increasingly interconnected world. Order Dr. Joustra's new book: (Click Here)We are listener supported. Give to the cause here: https://thebiblicalmind.org/give/For more articles: https://thebiblicalmind.org/Social Links:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HebraicThoughtInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/hebraicthoughtThreads: https://www.threads.net/hebraicthoughtX: https://www.twitter.com/HebraicThoughtBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hebraicthought.orgChapters:00:00 Introduction to Robert Joustra and his book01:52 The significance of 40-minute podcasts for engagement03:55 Joustra's background and the genesis of his book07:13 The impact of 9/11 on Christian political thought09:57 The biblical basis for justice and international relations14:59 The influence of Neo-Calvinism and the tradition of Kuyper and Calvin19:54 The relationship between land, language, and culture in identity24:53 Empire versus nation: Hazony's perspective and Joustra's critique30:06 The importance of rightly ordered loves in politics35:14 The role of scripture, prophets, and realism in international relations40:07 The American experiment and its unique identity44:45 The significance of geography and land in national identity50:00 The future of nations and the importance of proximate goodsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Join Robert Ellsberg, publisher of Orbis Books, in this One On One interview with Ursula Baatz as they discuss Jesuit and Zen Master: A Life of Hugo M.Enomiya-Lassallehttps://orbisbooks.com/products/jesuit-and-zen-master-a-life-of-hugo-m-enomiya-lassalleHugo Lassalle (1898-1990), who later took the name Enomiya-Lassalle, was a German Jesuit stationed in mission to Japan. There he survived the atomic bomb in Hiroshima and became deeply engaged in the exploration and practice of Zen, which he believed was compatible with Christian faith. He became the pioneer of this dialogue, giving rise to a whole school of Christian-Zen dialogue/practice and, despite many struggles, winning approval from the Vatican.Ursula Baatz received her PhD in philosophy from the University of Vienna, where she is currently a research fellow at the Institute of Religious Studies.  Certified as a Zen teacher. She is also the author of Hugo M. Enomiya-Lassalle. Life Between Worlds.Get your copy today: https://orbisbooks.com/products/jesuit-and-zen-master-a-life-of-hugo-m-enomiya-lassalle#OrbisBooks #HugoLassalle #Zen#Christian #UruslaBaatz #Jesuit

Issue #763: Who is Akira Yoshida? Download Directly From iTunes NOW on SPOTIFY! The Summer of Carolyn is here as Bob and John are joined by Doctor Professor Carolyn Cocca. The trio discuss the Doomsday trailer, the big changes at Marvel as they move from New York to Los Angeles as well as naming Steve Wacker as the new EIC, but we refuse to forget CB Cebulski AKA Akira Yoshida and his contribution to cultural appropriations. Comics Read: Captain America #12-13 ,Avengers: Armageddon #2, It Rhymes with Takei , A Wizard of Earthsea, And to think we started as a book club , All the Hulk Feels , The Faraway Forest: Wally's Route, Batwoman #5, & Fantastic Four #14 Other Stuff: The Beginning Or The End (1947), Day One (1989 TV mini-series), Hiroshima (1995 docu-drama), Hiroshima (1953/Japan), The Day After Trinity, Trinity And Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie The Comic Book Podcast is brought to you by Talking Comics (talkingcomicbooks.wordpress.com). The podcast is hosted by Steve Seigh, Bob Reyer, Joey Braccino, Aaron Amos, John Burkle, and Bronwyn Kelly-Seigh who weekly dissect everything comics-related, from breaking news to new releases. Our Instagram handle is @TalkingComicsPodcast and you can email us at podcast@talkingcomicbooks.com.

A documentary explores how a partnership between Hiroshima survivor Hideko Tamura Snider and Southern Oregon arborist Mike Oxendine helped grow and plant "survivor trees in more across Oregon.

What role do Japan Societies and Japan-America Societies play in strengthening the relationship between the United States and Japan? In this episode, the Krewe sits down with Dr. Joshua Walker, former President and CEO of the Japan Society in New York, to discuss U.S.-Japan relations, the unique impact organizations of all sizes can have at every level of cultural exchange, and why local interactions remain essential to the partnership between both nations. We also explore what the future may hold for U.S.-Japan relations and how individuals and communities can help shape it. ------ About the Krewe ------ The Krewe of Japan Podcast is a weekly episodic podcast sponsored by the Japan Society of New Orleans. Check them out every Friday afternoon around noon CST on Apple, Google, Spotify, Amazon, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts.  Want to share your experiences with the Krewe? Or perhaps you have ideas for episodes, feedback, comments, or questions? Let the Krewe know by e-mail at kreweofjapanpodcast@gmail.com or on social media (Twitter: @kreweofjapan, Instagram: @kreweofjapanpodcast, Facebook: Krewe of Japan Podcast Page, TikTok: @kreweofjapanpodcast, LinkedIn: Krewe of Japan LinkedIn Page, Blue Sky Social: @kreweofjapan.bsky.social, & the Krewe of Japan Youtube Channel). Until next time, enjoy! ------ Support the Krewe! Offer Links for Affiliates ------ Use the referral links below & our promo code from the episode! Support your favorite NFL Team AND podcast! Shop NFLShop to gear up for football season! Zencastr Offer Link - Use my special link to save 30% off your 1st month of any Zencastr paid plan!  ------ Links for Joshua & Japan Society ------ Joshua's LinkedIn Joshua's Book -- Japan: Beyond the Genkan (Amazon) Japan Society (NYC) ------ JSNO Upcoming Events ------ JSNO Event Calendar Join JSNO Today!

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A version of this essay was published by firstpost.com at https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/the-old-quad-is-dying-time-for-a-new-quad-14030966.htmlThe Quad, a 2007 partnership broadly intended to contain China's hegemonistic ambitions in the Indo-Pacific, was a brainchild of then-Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo. It makes sense: China is rampaging in its neighborhood, and gives every sign of wanting to either grab territory that belongs to others, or bully them into acquiescence and tributary status.The belligerence that created the current Chinese empire, that is the forced absorption of Tibet, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia and Manchuria into the core Han coastal heartland, is part of a harking back to ancient Chinese empires. Xi Jinping, perhaps even more than Mao, embodies a hankering to be the almighty King-Emperor of the erstwhile Middle KingdomThe US unwittingly allowed China to rapidly de-industrialize it post joining the WTO, and to come up with a business plan that calls for massive over-production and the resultant price collapse, which is a template they use to rape and pillage industry after industry. A recent casualty is Germany's prized automobile industry: bellwether Volkswagen has been forced to lay off 100,000 workers, brutalized by a tsunami of Chinese electric vehicles.However, as Utpal Kumar points out in an insightful essay, all is not well in Xi's kingdom: e.g., the debt mountain, paranoia as seen in regular purges of military brass, and propaganda that conceals all bad news (did you hear of a small plane hitting a tower in central Beijing? Yes, a mini-9/11. But the information was blanked out). Continuing rural poverty is also censored, although Indians on x.com posted images of extreme filth and poverty, far from the glossy high-rise, bullet-train image that Chinese propaganda projects. Paradoxically, that is precisely what makes China yet more dangerous: it will probably lash out in external adventurism to preserve legitimacy internally.Thus the need for sober containment of China's destructive power. The US, which has been the natural candidate for reining in this rogue power, has now demonstrated that it is retrenching. It has, for instance, demonstrated that it is no longer willing to indefinitely support its NATO allies. The “nuclear umbrella” that it has offered Japan may also be getting a little threadbare.It is likely that President Trump invaded Iran with the good idea of denying China oil both Iranian and Venezuelan oil, as retaliation for China's squeeze on rare earths. Alas, that has turned into a fiasco, creating collateral damage for innocent bystanders such as India. In game-theoretic terms, if an isolationist “Fortress America” mood has descended on the US, then a “G2 condominium” with China may be the simplest option, as I said several years ago.If the US has indeed acquiesced to China being the hegemon in its sphere of influence, namely the Indo-Pacific, then there is good reason for the jilted Quad members (Japan, Australia and India) to enter into bilateral agreements amongst each other to look after their own national interests, including but not limited to Sinophobia. And in fact they have done so.It is true that the Quad Foreign Ministers' meeting in May 2026 in Delhi produced some agreements on critical minerals (clearly a US priority) and surveillance collaboration, but I get the feeling that this is mostly a matter of keeping up appearances. Therefore it is worth pivoting to Japanese PM Takaichi's recent visit to India, and PM Modi's trips to Indonesia and Australia.Japan and India are obvious partners, because their economies are complementary: one is resource- and technology-rich, and labor-poor, and the other is the opposite. There is also an old civilizational link between the two, going back to Bodhidharma from Kanchipuram who embarked from Muziris circa 500CE and established the Zen school of Buddhism in Japan.There are also clear civilizational links between India and Indonesia. Hindu Bali is obvious; but Java, until the Hindu-Buddhist Majapahit Empire was defeated circa 1500CE by Muslim kingdoms (encouraged by the Chinese empire of the time), was also heavily Indianized. As someone who has traveled in both Japan and Indonesia, I was delighted to see Devanagari inscriptions on the Great Bell at Hiroshima, and the Ramayana Ballet at Prambanan temple. विपुलप्रभ अतुल्यनन्त नाथ दिशि विदिशि स्फुरि सर्वबुद्धक्षेत्रा। राग प्रशमि सर्वदोषमोहां नरकगतिस्मि प्रशामि धूमकेतुम्॥१५॥ "The lord of vast light, incomparable and infinite, has illuminated all Buddha countries in all the quarters; he has quieted passions, all sins and errors; he has quieted the fire in the walk of hell." This is the inscription on the Great Bell in Hiroshima. Japan and India signed a series of agreements, including an investment target of Yen 10 trillion (about $66 billion) in areas such as critical minerals, semiconductors and pharmaceuticals. They agreed upon a new focus on Artificial Intelligence and quantum technologies and in energy self-reliance, including hydrogen and biogas.They also reaffirmed support for a Free and Open Indo-Pacific (let us note that on June 16th the US renamed its Indo-Pacific Command to just “Pacific Command”, a telling admission of retreat. The US may well be abandoning the Indian Ocean just when it is becoming the focus of trade.)The Indonesia-India agreements were significant: they included, for instance, Brahmos and Astra missile systems (which, in conjunction with other ASEAN purchases of Brahmos missiles, creates a potentially integrated sea-denial mechanism against persistent Chinese maritime aggression).Pointedly, there will be joint development on Indonesia's deep-water Sabang Port in Aceh, which is on the Malacca Straits just 90 nautical miles away from India's upcoming Great Nicobar dual-use port.The two ports can form a defensive shield that could deny transit in Malacca to hostile ships and submarines (read Chinese). Since two-thirds of China's trade and energy imports pass through Malacca, this is a potent threat, especially as we have just seen what the siege of Hormuz did to global trade. Let us also remember that, exactly 1,001 years ago, Emperor Rajendra Chola sent a large fleet to open up Malacca when the SriVijaya Empire closed it.There were also agreements on critical minerals (e.g. nickel for EV batteries, as Indonesia has the world's largest reserves, cobalt, etc.), steel, maritime security, and technology cooperation.Let us also remember the trilateral Japan-Indonesia-India naval exercises in the Andaman Sea in February 2026.PM Modi's visit to Australia is the most problematic. Earlier, under Kevin Rudd, a Sinophilic PM, Australia exited the Quad in 2008, effectively making it moribund. Besides, Australia for decades refused sniffily to sell India uranium, despite India being a committed non-proliferator. This may also have had something to do with the UK's (Whitehall's) deleterious influence on Australia.But days ago, Australia committed to supplying uranium to India, in support of the latter's quest for energy security. Oz has apparently learned that cozying up to China is not good for its own economic health.Thus, the quadrilateral of US, Japan, Australia and India may well morph into a quadrilateral of Japan, Indonesia, Australia and India, all united in their concerns about China. The US has a choice: either continue to be the anchor of the Quad (Pentagon?), or be left behind if it insists on retreating into its shell. The former option would be better for all concerned.1150 words, 11 July 2026 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rajeevsrinivasan.substack.com/subscribe

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