Hiroshima Peace Memorial

Hiroshima marks 81 yrs since atomic bombing; mayor renews anti-nuclear call

Hiroshima on Thursday marked the 81st anniversary of the US atomic bombing of the western Japanese city, with its mayor criticising major powers for waging wars and urging them to stop justifying the possession of nuclear weapons as a method of deterrence. "Downplaying the inhumanity of nuclear weapons and accepting the use of force to pursue one's own prosperity risk cycles of violent retaliation that could ultimately result in another Hiroshima or Nagasaki," Mayor Kazumi Matsui said. Too many political leaders still consider nuclear deterrence a realistic approach and legitimise violence, which "simply pushes a world without nuclear weapons further into the distance," Matsui said in his peace declaration at the ceremony at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. He also called on each citizen to learn lessons from the past and take action. About 50,000 people, including representatives from some 120 countries and regions including the United States and Iran, were to attend the ceremony

Hiroshima warns against nuclear weapons as it marks 80 years since A-bomb

The western Japanese city of Hiroshima was levelled on Aug 6, 1945, when the United States dropped a uranium bomb nicknamed "Little Boy", killing about 78,000 people instantly

Hiroshima Day 2025: History, significance of this darkest hour in history

We reflect on the irreversible loss and renew our global vow for peace as the world observes the 80th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing - one of the most devastating events in human history

PM Modi, other G7 leaders pay tributes at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a visit to Japan to attend the annual summit of the G7 grouping, on Sunday paid floral tributes at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park built in memory of those who died in a nuclear attack on the city at the end of the second World War. Besides the Indian prime minister, other leaders attending the G7 Summit in Hiroshima also paid their respect at the park. Tweeting photos of Modi's visit to the museum at the memorial site, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said, "A tribute to the memory of Hiroshima victims. PM Narendra Modi begins his day by visiting the Peace Memorial Museum, where he observed the documented exhibits and signed the visitor's book." He also tweeted a group photo of the world leaders attending the G7 Summit and said, "The leaders also paid their respect at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park." Modi is visiting Hiroshima from May 19 to 21 primarily for the annual summit of the G7 advanced economies in which

When US dropped atomic bomb on Hiroshima 75 years ago

On this day 75 years ago, the US had dropped the first of its two atomic bombs on Japanese cities — the first, in Hiroshima, killed more than 70,000 people instantly. A second bomb, which was dropped three days later over Nagasaki, killed 40,000 more. The nuclear warfare put paid to the World War II and a devastating chapter in world history. Watch video to know more

Hiroshima after 75 years: Why US bombed Hiroshima, and the impact on Japan

The impact of the bomb was so terrific that practically all living things - human and animal alike - were literally seared to death by the tremendous heat and pressure

Japan marks 72 years since Hiroshima bombing

Japan is the only country to have suffered atomic attacks, in 1945

At Hiroshima, Obama calls for 'moral revolution'

Thousands line the streets as the US President visits the Hiroshima Peace Memorial to pay tribute to the victims of the 1945 nuclear disaster