(1)Candles lit in Nagasaki on eve of A-bomb anniversary

(1)Candles lit in Nagasaki on eve of A-bomb anniversary

NAGASAKI, Japan - People look around at the candles lit at Nagasaki's Peace Park on Aug. 8 for the repose of those who were killed in the U.S. atomic bombing of the city. Nagasaki marks the 57th anniversary of the atomic bombing in a ceremony Aug. 9.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001092525
  • Registered date
  • 2002/8/08 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2002 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 1864 × 2432 pixel
  • Resolution
  • dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 1.33(MB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Prototype of Peace Statue in Nagasaki

    Prototype of Peace Statue in Nagasaki

    A 15-centimeter-tall prototype of the Peace Statue in Nagasaki's Peace Park goes on public display on Nov. 9, 2024, at a prison in Isahaya in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nagasaki. Sculptor Seibo Kitamura, the statue's creator, donated the prototype to the prison in 1959 to mourn the 134 prisoners and prison staff killed when the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki hit as they were at a prison unit located near Ground Zero.
      Prototype of Peace Statue in Nagasaki

      Prototype of Peace Statue in Nagasaki

      A 15-centimeter-tall prototype of the Peace Statue in Nagasaki's Peace Park goes on public display on Nov. 9, 2024, at a prison in Isahaya in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nagasaki. Sculptor Seibo Kitamura, the statue's creator, donated the prototype to the prison in 1959 to mourn the 134 prisoners and prison staff killed when the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki hit as they were at a prison unit located near Ground Zero.
        Project to collect witnesses of nuke-bomb survivors

        Project to collect witnesses of nuke-bomb survivors

        Shigemitsu Tanaka, the 83-year-old head of the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Survivors Council, speaks during video shoot in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 18, 2024, for a project gathering witness testimonies of atomic bomb survivors ahead of the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 2025.
          Project to collect witnesses of nuke-bomb survivors

          Project to collect witnesses of nuke-bomb survivors

          Shigemitsu Tanaka, the 83-year-old head of the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Survivors Council, speaks during video shoot in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 18, 2024, for a project gathering witness testimonies of atomic bomb survivors ahead of the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 2025.
            Nobel Peace Prize winning Japanese atomic bomb survivors group

            Nobel Peace Prize winning Japanese atomic bomb survivors group

            Terumi Tanaka, a cochair of Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors, Nihon Hidankyo, and survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, speaks to high school students in Saitama near Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2024. The group won the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize.
              Nobel Peace Prize winning Japanese atomic bomb survivors group

              Nobel Peace Prize winning Japanese atomic bomb survivors group

              Terumi Tanaka, a cochair of Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors, Nihon Hidankyo, and survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, speaks to high school students in Saitama near Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2024. The group won the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize.
                Japan's nuke-bomb survivors group wins Nobel Peace Prize

                Japan's nuke-bomb survivors group wins Nobel Peace Prize

                Photo taken on Oct. 11, 2024, shows the Peace Statue at Peace Park in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan. Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors, Nihon Hidankyo, won the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize the same day.
                  Japan's nuke-bomb survivors group wins Nobel Peace Prize

                  Japan's nuke-bomb survivors group wins Nobel Peace Prize

                  Photo taken on Oct. 11, 2024, shows the Peace Statue at Peace Park in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan. Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors, Nihon Hidankyo, won the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize the same day.
                    Japan's nuke-bomb survivors group wins Nobel Peace Prize

                    Japan's nuke-bomb survivors group wins Nobel Peace Prize

                    Photo taken on Oct. 11, 2024, shows the Peace Statue at Peace Park in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan. Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors, Nihon Hidankyo, won the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize the same day.
                      Japan's nuke-bomb survivors group wins Nobel Peace Prize

                      Japan's nuke-bomb survivors group wins Nobel Peace Prize

                      Photo taken on Oct. 11, 2024, shows the Peace Statue at Peace Park in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan. Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors, Nihon Hidankyo, won the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize the same day.