Japan Marks Atomic Bomb Anniversaries Amid Indo-Pacific Tensions

Hiroshima, Japan - Japan is this week marking the 78th anniversaries of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which killed hundreds of thousands of civilians and brought an end to World War II.

After its defeat, Japan's post-war constitution curtailed its armed forces and renounced war as a right of the nation. Growing threats from neighboring China and North Korea, however, have a prompted a radica