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Nagasaki marks 80th A-bomb anniversary as survivors push for nuke ban

Nagasaki is marking the US atomic bomb attack on the southern Japanese city 80 years ago and survivors of the attack are working to make their hometown the last place on earth hit by the bomb. Despite their pain from wounds, discrimination and illnesses from radiation, survivors have publicly committed to a shared goal of abolishing nuclear weapons. But recently they worry about the world moving in the opposite direction as the anniversary is commemorated on Saturday. The atomic bomb dropped by the United States on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, killed some 70,000 people, three days after the bombing of Hiroshima killed 140,000. Japan surrendered on August 15, 1945, ending World War II and the country's nearly half-century of aggression across Asia. Aging survivors and their supporters in Nagasaki now put their hopes of achieving nuclear weapons abolition in the hands of younger people, telling them the attack is not distant history, but an issue that remains relevant to their ...

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 and Nagasaki: Nuclear bombing must keep being commemorated

Truman's moral case might have been stronger had the US issued a clear public warning to Japan in July 1945; the Allies threatened consequences but didn't reveal the nature of the coming devastation

Nagasaki atomic bomb survivor, who devoted his life for peace, dies at 93

Shigemi Fukahori, a survivor of the 1945 Nagasaki atomic bombing, who devoted his life to advocating for peace has died. He was 93. Fukahori died at a hospital in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Jan 3, the Urakami Catholic Church, where he prayed almost daily until last year, said on Sunday. Local media reported he died of old age. The church, located about 500 meters from ground zero and near the Nagasaki Peace Park, is widely seen as a symbol of hope and peace, as its bell tower and some statues and survived the nuclear bombing. Fukahori was only 14 when the U.S. dropped the bomb on Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 1945, killing tens of thousands of people, including his family. That came three days after the nuclear attack on Hiroshima, which killed 140,000 people. Japan surrendered days later, ending World War II and the country's nearly half-century of aggression across Asia. Fukahori, who worked at a shipyard about 3 kilometers (2 miles) from where the bomb dropped, couldn't talk about w

Nobel for atomic bombing survivors shows need for peace: Japan's Empress

Japanese Empress Masako said the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, an organisation of survivors of the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, was a key event of this year that impressed and reminded her of the importance of global peace efforts. Masako, the wife of Emperor Naruhito, said she thought of the pain and suffering of the survivors and struggles of those who have long led the nuclear disarmament effort. She felt anew the importance for the people of the world to strive for mutual understanding and work together in order to build a peaceful world, Masako said in a statement released by the Imperial Household Agency for her 61st birthday Monday. Her comment comes one day before a group of 30 atomic bombing survivors will attend Tuesday's Nobel prize award ceremony in Oslo. Hidankyo was awarded for its decadeslong activism against nuclear weapons. The 30 survivors, known as hibakusha, see the prize and the international attention as a last chance to get the

Hiroshima Day 2024: History, significance, facts and impact of bombings

Hiroshima Day 2024: This day is observed every year on August 6 to commemorate the tragic event of the dropping of atomic bomb on Japan's Hiroshima in World War II

Israel should be allowed to nuke Gaza like Hiroshima, Nagasaki: US senator

Lindsey Graham, a Republican Senator and a staunch supporter of Israel, criticised President Joe Biden for pausing the delivery of 3000 heavy bombs to Israel

Day 2 of no-confidence motion: Here are the top highlights from Parliament

From Rahul Gandhi's attack on government over Manipur issue to Amit Shah's response, here are the top highlights from all that happened in Parliament today

78th anniversary of Nagasaki attack: Mayor asks to abolish nuclear weapons

Nagasaki marked the 78th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of the city Wednesday with the mayor urging world powers to abolish nuclear weapons, saying nuclear deterrence also increases risks of nuclear war. Shiro Suzuki made the remark after the Group of Seven industrial powers adopted a separate document on nuclear disarmament in May that called for using nuclear weapons as deterrence. Now is the time to show courage and make the decision to break free from dependence on nuclear deterrence, Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki said in his peace declaration Wednesday, As long as states are dependent on nuclear deterrence, we cannot realise a world without nuclear weapons. Russia's nuclear threat has encouraged other nuclear states to accelerate their dependence on nuclear weapons or enhance capabilities, further increasing the risk of nuclear war, and that Russia is not the only one representing the risk of nuclear deterrence, Suzuki said. The United States dropped the world's first atom

Nagasaki pays tribute to victims of atomic bombing amid nuclear war fears

Nagasaki paid tribute to victims of US atomic bombing 77 years ago on Aug 9, with mayor saying Russia's war on Ukraine showed the world that another nuclear attack is "a tangible and present crisis".

75 years of US atomic bombing: Nagasaki urges world leaders for nuclear ban

The August 9, 1945, bombing came three days after the United States dropped its first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the world's first ever nuclear attack that killed 140,000

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

Unconditional surrender, red scare: Why US dropped atomic bombs on Japan

With the Red Army suddenly deep into Manchuria, Japanese leaders were weighing evaporating options when the second bomb incinerated Nagasaki

This is what happened the morning the first atomic bomb created a new world

The extraordinary story of the Manhattan Project

The black elephants

One example of a black elephant was the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The destructive power of the atom bomb stunned Japan into surrender

Postman who survived Nagasaki atomic bomb dies at 88

Taniguchi, once considered a front-runner for the Nobel Peace Prize, died of cancer

Nagasaki marks 71st atomic bombing anniversary

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui on Saturday marked the commemoration of the bombing of his city, also citing Obama's visit