Japan celebrated the 78th anniversary of the US nuclear attack Japan commemorates the day the United States dropped nuclear weapons on Hiro...
Japan celebrated the 78th anniversary of the US nuclear attack
Japan commemorates the day the United States dropped nuclear weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, ending World War II.
It was on the 6th of August 1945 that the United States decided to carry out this attack and enter into the history of the worst attacks in the world which the Japanese people are still suffering from its effects.
This year's event, which is the 78th, focuses on how to reduce the threat of nuclear weapons being used by the world.
While reading an essay at the commemoration ceremony on this day, Kazumi Matsui, a resident of Hiroshima city, urged the world to increase pressure to ban the use of this evil weapon.
As usual, the bell of peace was rung at around 8:15 in the morning, which indicates that the day when the people of the country were faced with terrible violence has come to an end.
History shows that at about 8:15 in the morning on August 6, 1945, the Enola Gay, a specialist in nuclear weapon control, launched the weapon that directly hit the city of Hiroshima before August 9 of this year. Nagasaki, the attack that claimed the lives of 129,000 to 226,000 people.