A survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima has again called for the total abolition of nuclear weapons.
Setsuko Thurlow, who lives in Canada, made the appeal in a video message on Saturday at an event sponsored by the Japanese NGO, Peace Boat.
A survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima has given an online lecture on her experience to tour guides at UN facilities around the world.
Kajimoto Yoshiko spoke on Thursday, Japan time, at an event organized by the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation. Her audience included tour guides from UN facilities in New York and Geneva.
Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo pledged to stand by aging atomic bomb survivors in his speech during a ceremony marking 75 years since the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
Abe gave the address at the Peace Park in the southwestern Japanese city on Sunday. Japan also marked the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Thursday.
Hopes for peace have been shared in Nagasaki. People are holding various events to remember what happened 75 years ago.
Near the Peace Park, a mass to remember those who perished began at 6 a.m. More than 200 people attended.
Students in Nagasaki have prepared water to be offered to the souls of atomic bomb victims in a service marking the 75th anniversary of the bombing of the city. The memorial ceremony will be held on Sunday.
The water offering will be placed on an altar in the Peace Park to console the souls of people who desperately asked for water after being exposed to heat from the explosion and radiation.
People in Japan are remembering the victims of a catastrophic event during World War Two. Exactly 75 years ago, an American warplane dropped an atomic bomb on the southwestern city of Nagasaki ... just three days after one leveled Hiroshima.
People gathered at a ceremony on Sunday to hope for a world without war and nuclear weapons.
Hopes for peace have been shared in Nagasaki. People are holding various events to remember what happened 75 years ago.
Near the Peace Park, a mass to remember those who perished began at 6 a.m. More than 200 people attended.
The southwestern Japanese city of Nagasaki is marking 75 years since the US atomic bombing of the city during World War Two.
A memorial service will be held at the city's Peace Park, built to include ground zero, at 10:45 a.m. on Sunday.
People gathered in Hiroshima early on Thursday morning to honor the victims of the world's first atomic bombing.
They came out to share their wishes for peace at the monument in the Peace Memorial Park.
Hiroshima is marking the 75th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing. A ceremony will be held Thursday morning at Peace Memorial Park in the western Japanese city.
Prime Minister Abe Shinzo is scheduled to attend what will be a more muted event this year due to the coronavirus.
Two Japanese museums dedicated to documenting the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki plan to offer virtual tours online in cooperation with an international NGO devoted to the elimination of nuclear weapons.
They are planning the events as the number of international visitors to these museums has dropped sharply due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Japan's health and welfare ministry says the average age of survivors of the 1945 atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki has topped 83.
The ministry every year surveys the holders of certificates for "hibakusha," or victims of atomic bombings.