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Nagasaki, Japan, marks 80th anniversary of atomic bombing as survivors urge youth to push for nuclear ban

The southern Japanese city of Nagasaki on Saturday marked 80 years since the U.S. atomic attack that killed tens of thousands ...

Japan’s aging atomic bomb survivors speak out against nuclear weapons

The number of survivors of the U.S. atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki is dwindling 80 years later, but they are ...

Japan's leaders call for nuclear arms abolition on Hiroshima 80th anniversary

The mayor of Hiroshima called out nuclear-armed nations Wednesday as Japan marked the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing ...

80 Years Ago, Nuclear Annihilation Came to Japan

On Aug. 15, Japan surrendered. The Japanese empire’s bloody march through Asia was over. But the impact on civilians lingered ...

World marks 80 years since US dropped atomic bomb on Japan as global powers still trade nuclear threats

As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the first use of a nuclear weapon, on the Japanese city of Hiroshima near the end ...
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Japan commemorates 80 years since Nagasaki nuclear bomb attack

A person prays, ahead of a ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of the WWII U.S. atomic bombing at Atomic Bomb Hypocenter ...

Nagasaki mayor warns of new threat of nuclear war as city marks 80 years since atomic bomb

The western Japanese city was levelled on Aug. 9, 1945, when the United States dropped a 10,000-pound plutonium-239 bomb, ...

Hiroshima marks 80th anniversary of atomic bombing in Japan amid growing nuclear threat

Hiroshima on Wednesday marked the 80th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of the western Japanese city, amid growing ...
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Bishops in Japan: Atomic bombings a call to destroy nuclear arms, commit to peace

As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Catholic Church must renew its ...