Nagasaki Mayor: Nuclear Weapons ‘Threat to Humankind’;G7 Ambassadors Absent from A-Bomb Memorial Ceremony

The Yomiuri Shimbun

16:39 JST, August 9, 2024

NAGASAKI — Survivors and victims’ family members held a memorial service marking the 79th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki. The Nagasaki atomic bomb victims memorial and peace memorial ceremony was held at Nagasaki Peace Park, with around 3,100 survivors and family members attending to offer prayers for peace.

Also attending the ceremony, which began at 10:45 a.m., were Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Izumi Nakamitsu, the U.N. undersecretary general and high representative for disarmament affairs. Representatives from a record 100 countries, including the United States, China, Britain and........

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