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Hiroshima marks 70th anniversary of A-bombing

Photo: The Yomiuri Shimbun
People pray in front of the Memorial Cenotaph for A-bomb Victims at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Thursday morning.

8:47 pm, August 06, 2015
The Yomiuri Shimbun

HIROSHIMA — Hiroshima marked the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city on Thursday with a ceremony attended by about 55,000 people from a record 100 countries.

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui emphasized in his peace declaration the necessity of a security framework based on dialogue and trust to realize the elimination of nuclear weapons.

The ceremony was held in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park from 8 a.m. to mourn the atomic bomb victims and renew the city’s devotion to peace. In addition to survivors and bereaved relatives of victims, it was attended by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, representatives from various countries and the European Union’s delegation to this nation.

The number of nations significantly exceeded the previous record set in 2010, when 74 nations were represented.

No envoy from China was present on Thursday, but U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy attended for the second year in a row. U.S. Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Rose Gottemoeller also attended, the first person in her post to do so.

At the ceremony, Abe revealed his intention to present a new draft resolution calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons to the U.N. General Assembly to be convened in the autumn.

At 8:15 a.m., the time the atomic bomb was dropped, representatives of families of the deceased and others rang the Hiroshima Peace Bell. The attendees offered silent prayers for the souls of the victims.

In his peace declaration, Matsui expressed the pain of both the victims and the survivors, whose lives were distorted with mental and physical scars, by saying in the Hiroshima dialect, “Please restore Hiroshima to its former state.”

Quoting the words of two survivors, the mayor said, “Now is the time to start action to eliminate nuclear weapons,” and called for world leaders to visit the atom-bombed city, taking advantage of the Group of Seven Ise-Shima summit meeting scheduled to take place in Mie Prefecture next May.

Primary school students acting as the representatives of children also made a pledge for peace.

During the ceremony, the 5,359 names of those confirmed to have died in the past year were added to the official list of atomic bomb victims and placed in the Memorial Cenotaph. The number of victims commemorated in the monument has now reached 297,684.

As of the end of March, the number of atomic bomb survivors nationwide, including Nagasaki, was 183,519, down 9,200 from the previous year. The average age of the survivors was 80.13, up 0.69 from 2014, surpassing 80 for the first time.

Abe looks to future

At a press conference in Hiroshima on Thursday morning, Abe mentioned the statement he will likely issue on Aug. 14 to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. “I will incorporate a message that can be sent to the world by gathering wisdom and considering what kind of country Japan aims to be in the next 80, 90 and 100 years, with remorse over the war and the nation’s development as a peaceful nation since [the war’s end],” the prime minister said.

Speech AUDIO: http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0002338701

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