Japan Marks 60th Year Since Hiroshima

Japan remembered its dead and injured with ceremonies both public and private on the 60th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

TIME magazine devoted a cover story to the event in its August 1, 2005 edition, but by and large, the story has not been a major one in the United States. Some now say that the bombing was unnecessary and that Japan surrendered only because of the entry of the Soviet Union into war efforts against it. This conclusion flies in the face of conventional wisdom, which has taught the opposite for decades.

One thing is clear: If Japan had not attacked the United States, history would have not unfolded as it did.

For how one major U.S. newspaper has chosen to remember the event, please see this article.