Nagasaki victims' list ritual ahead of A-bomb anniversary

NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki city government officials lay out in front of a statue of a peace memorial park on July 23 booklets containing the 124,191 names of those who died as a result of the atomic bombing of the city on Aug. 9, 1945. The ''mushiboshi'' ritual, in which the booklets are exposed to the sun, takes place every year ahead of the anniversary on Aug. 9 of the atomic bombing,

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