Hiroshima begins updating list of A-bomb victims

Hiroshima begins updating list of A-bomb victims

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima municipal government office staff begin updating on June 21 a list of people confirmed to have died in, or as a result of, the 1945 atomic bomb attack. Books in which their names are recorded will be added at the Aug. 6 peace ceremony to 73 which carry the names of 212,116 victims and are under the arch-shaped cenotaph dedicated to them in the Peace Memorial Park.

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