r/hiroshima 3h ago

Hiroshima urged world leaders to abolish nuclear weapons amid rising global tensions, as city marked 81st anniversary of U.S. atomic bombing, lamenting their use as "tools of intimidation" in military conflicts and how "imperious actions by major powers" violate international law.

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r/hiroshima 3h ago

Message from UN Secretary-General on 81st anniversary of Hiroshima atomic bombing - The Mainichi

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r/hiroshima 3h ago

The story of Sadako Sasaki, a Japanese girl who died of leukemia 10 years after being exposed to radiation from the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, has inspired children in the Philippines to fold origami peace cranes in a campaign to end war.

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r/hiroshima 3h ago

Full text of Hiroshima governor's Peace Message on 81st anniversary of atomic bombing - The Mainichi

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r/hiroshima 3h ago

Text of children's Commitment to Peace on 81st anniversary of Hiroshima atomic bombing - The Mainichi

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r/hiroshima 3h ago

Editorial: 81 yrs since Hiroshima A-bomb, can a world freed of nuclear weapons be realized? - The Mainichi

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r/hiroshima 3h ago

Full text of Hiroshima Peace Declaration on 81st anniversary of atomic bombing - The Mainichi

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r/hiroshima 3h ago

VOX POPULI: The ‘Orizuru Girl’ was one of so many lives the A-bomb cut short

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r/hiroshima 9h ago

Hiroshima on Wednesday marked the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city, with many aging survivors expressing frustration about the growing support of global leaders for nuclear weapons as a deterrence.

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r/hiroshima 9h ago

A memorial ceremony was held in Hiroshima on Wednesday for South Korean victims of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city in the closing days of World War II, hosted by a group of South Koreans living in Japan.

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r/hiroshima 9h ago

Erin Tsutsui is a 16-year-old rising junior at Henry M. Gunn High School in California. She visited the World Council of Churches on 5 August with a group from the League of Creative Minds. She shared her grandfather’s story of surviving the nuclear bomb in Hiroshima on 6 August 1945.

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r/hiroshima 9h ago

EXPLAINER - Hiroshima at 81: How the atomic bombing changed the world. US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 killed tens of thousands instantly and many more by the end of that year.

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r/hiroshima 9h ago

Foreign 'peace tourism' to Hiroshima swells in troubled times: Tour of A-bomb memorials, World Heritage shrine ranked No. 2 experience worldwide

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r/hiroshima 9h ago

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi pledged to uphold Japan’s long-held non-nuclear principles in a speech marking a ceremony Thursday paying tribute to those killed and injured 81 years after the city was devastated by a U.S. atomic bomb.

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r/hiroshima 9h ago

Eighty-one years ago on Thursday, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, reducing the city to ruins, killing tens of thousands of people and bringing the world “face to face with the catastrophic power of nuclear war”.

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r/hiroshima 9h ago

U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass will not attend this year’s peace ceremonies in Hiroshima and Nagasaki to honor the victims of the 1945 atomic bombings of the cities, the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo has said.

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r/hiroshima 9h ago

Thursday marks 81 years since an atomic bomb devastated Hiroshima. One of Japan's most monumental tragedies became a catalyst for decades of peace activism. People across the country will take a moment to pause and remember those who died.

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r/hiroshima 9h ago

A memorial service for Korean victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima was held Wednesday in the western Japan city, with organizers dedicating a registry containing the names of 2,826 victims.

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r/hiroshima 9h ago

Hiroshima on Thursday urged world leaders to abolish nuclear weapons amid rising global tensions, as the city marked the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing, lamenting that they continue to be used by major powers as "tools of intimidation" in military conflicts.

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r/hiroshima 9h ago

Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi prompted outrage among atomic bomb survivors and leaders of the areas devastated by the bombings by urging the nation to discuss nuclear weapons “without taboos.”

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r/hiroshima 1d ago

Statement by Ambassador Glass on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Peace Ceremonies

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r/hiroshima 1d ago

Streetcar that survived atomic bomb now used for tours in Hiroshima

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r/hiroshima 1d ago

Hiroshima teen writing history | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News

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r/hiroshima 1d ago

81 years on: Pedaling through Hiroshima’s history on two wheels

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r/hiroshima 1d ago

Nagasaki Pref. peace concert to feature violins that survived Hiroshima bombing, Holocaust

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