Officers participate in the 80th anniversary of atomic bombing

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Japan correspondent in Hiroshima

Koh Ewe

BBC News, Singapore

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Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (second from right) attended the ceremony in Hiroshima, along with representatives from all over the world

A silent prayer was held in Japan on Wednesday morning as it was marked as 80 years as the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday attended the ceremony with officials around the world and the city’s mayor Kazumi Matsui.

Matsui has a global “tendency to move towards military build-up … (and) considering that nuclear weapons are necessary for national defense”, saying that it is a “major disregard () that the international community should have learned from the tragedies of history”.

World War ended with Japan’s surrender after demolishing the bomb in two Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Bombs killed over 200,000 people – some from immediate explosion and other radiation disease and irritation.

The legacy of weapons still harasses the remaining people.

Hiroshima’s survivor Shingo Nito told the BBC, “My father was badly burnt and blinded by the explosion. His skin was hanging from his body – he could not even hold my hand.” He was six years old when the bomb killed his city, killing his father and two younger brothers and siblings.

Sri Nito has been Sharp With a group of students in Hiroshima, who are turning their memories of tragedy into art.

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In 2024, Nihon Hidenkio, a Japanese group of atomic bombs, won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to get rid of the world of nuclear weapons.

In a speech on Wednesday, Mayor Matsui stated that the nuclear non -proliferation treaty, which is aimed at preventing the spread of nuclear weapons and promoting peaceful use of nuclear power, was “on the verge of laxity”.

He also called upon the Japanese government to confirm the treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons – an international agreement banning nuclear weapons in 2021.

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Today’s legacy of atomic bomb in Japan

More than 70 countries have confirmed the treaty, but nuclear powers like the US and Russia have opposed it, pointing to the preventive work of the nuclear arsenal.

Japan has also rejected such restrictions, arguing that its protection has increased by American nuclear weapons.

The nuclear issue is a divisive in Japan. On the roads leading to Peace Memorial Park, there were small protests for the elimination of nuclear weapons.

Another atomic bomb, who faces many cancers from radiation risk, surprise Satoshi Tanaka said that by seeing bloodshed in Gaza and Ukraine, he increases his own sorrow today.

He told the BBC, “Running into the mountains of debris, destroyed cities, children and women, all this brings back the memories of what I used to do.” “We are living with nuclear weapons that can erase humanity many times.”

“The most important priority is to push the leaders of nuclear-skill countries. The people of the world should be even more angry, raise their voice vigorously, and take mass action.”

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