The atomic-bombed city of Nagasaki has set up a countdown board to mark the number of days until next year's UN treaty to ban nuclear weapons goes into effect.
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons reached the necessary 50 ratifications on Saturday.
The mayor of Nagasaki City has repeated his call for the Japanese government to ratify the UN treaty banning nuclear weapons.
Mayor Taue Tomihisa said he wants the government to attend a signatories' meeting as an observer if it is difficult for Japan to ratify the treaty.
A UNESCO World Heritage site in western Japan has reopened to visitors after it was damaged by a typhoon.
Gunkanjima, or Battleship Island, off Nagasaki Prefecture was once home to Hashima Coal Mine. The site is recognized as contributing to Japan's industrial revolution.
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.
Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo plans to attend the ceremonies to mark the 75th anniversary of the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Abe told government and ruling coalition executives on Monday that he will participate in the ceremonies in Hiroshima on Thursday and in Nagasaki on Sunday.
Officials in Nagasaki Prefecture dealing with a coronavirus outbreak on a cruise ship docked there are working to send crew members who tested negative back to their home countries.
The Italian-registered Costa Atlantica is at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries shipyard for repairs. Of the 623 crew members, 148 were confirmed to have the virus as of Saturday.
Officials in Nagasaki, western Japan, have confirmed 43 more coronavirus infections among the crew of a cruise ship docked at a port in the prefecture. The total number of cases on the vessel has reached 91.
Tests are being carried out on all 623 crew members of the Italian-registered Costa Atlantica. The ship was sent to a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries shipyard for repairs.
Officials in Nagasaki, western Japan, have confirmed 14 more coronavirus infections on a cruise ship docked at a port in the prefecture. Forty-eight people on the ship have now tested positive for the virus.
Officials reported the new cases on Thursday, as work continued to test all 623 crew members aboard the Italian-registered Costa Atlantica.
Officials in Nagasaki Prefecture, western Japan, plan to carry out coronavirus tests on all the crew members of a cruise ship docked at the port.
The Italian-registered Costa Atlantica is at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries shipyard for repairs. Of the 623 crew members, 61 who showed symptoms were tested, and 34 were confirmed to have the virus.
Officials in southwestern Japan have confirmed a cluster infection on an Italian cruise ship currently docked at a shipyard in Nagasaki prefecture.
A Nagasaki prefectural official says that out of 57 who have been tested, 33 have tested positive.