Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki, 78th Anniversary

Nagasaki marked the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombing on August 9.

The city held a peace ceremony at an indoor facility in Nagasaki City (for the first time due to the typhoon) and offered prayers for the victims.

In his Peace Declaration, Mayor Shiro Suzuki spoke out against the theory of nuclear deterrence affirmed in the “Hiroshima Vision” of the Nuclear Disarmament Document of the G7 Summit in Hiroshima. The only way to truly protect our security is to eliminate nuclear weapons from the earth,” he said.

Mayor Suzuki pointed out that “the danger of nuclear war is increasing further,” with Russia’s prolonged invasion of Ukraine and its accelerated moves to increase its nuclear capability. He urged the nuclear weapon states and countries under the nuclear umbrella to “make a courageous decision to break away from dependence on nuclear deterrence.

SOURCE: YAHOO NEWS AUGUST 9

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https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/ad8512ee3de13bc962bf8636716766ff099579ba