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 in Japan are taking a moment to pause and remember the victims of a catastrophic event.
Seventy five years ago, an American warplane dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
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.
Mourners have offered prayers for the victims of the stabbing rampage four years ago at a care facility for people with intellectual disabilities near Tokyo.
On July 26, 2016, 19 residents between the ages of 19 and 70 were killed and 26 others were injured at the home in Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture.
Saturday marks exactly one year since the deadly arson attack at a studio of Kyoto Animation in Kyoto, Japan.
The blaze on July 18 last year left 36 employees dead and 33 others injured. It was the worst mass-killing in Japan in about three decades.
A memorial service is planned for the victims of the deadly arson attack at a studio of Kyoto Animation on Saturday, the first anniversary of the fire.
The studio, in the city of Kyoto, was set ablaze on July 18 last year. Of the 70 employees who were inside, 36 died and 33 were injured.
Japanese financial institutions are offering support for victims of the heavy rains that have battered southwestern and central Japan. Four major banks say they will lend money at reduced interest rates to people who need their homes rebuilt or renovated.
The banks are Sumitomo Mitsui, Mitsubishi UFJ, Mizuho, and Resona.
Several Japanese IT-firms are collecting donations through crowdfunding to help people affected by torrential rain and floods in southwestern Japan.
Readyfor has set up a site where people can make donations starting from 3,000 yen, or about 28 dollars.
Officials in the city of Hiroshima have begun their annual campaign to trace the relatives of atomic bomb victims whose remains have been identified but not yet claimed.
The officials on Thursday sent out a list of the names of 814 victims of the 1945 bombing of the city to municipalities across Japan.
Saturday marked the 15th anniversary of the deadly train accident that killed 107 people in the western Japanese city of Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture.
This year the annual memorial service was cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak, but bereaved families still mourned the victims at the accident site and in their homes.
Japan's health ministry says those who died or got seriously ill from the coronavirus were largely elderly but also included younger people.
The ministry released a breakdown of cases in Japan by age group, including deaths and seriously ill patients.