Photos taken 16 months after Nagasaki A-bombing exhibited

Photos taken 16 months after Nagasaki A-bombing exhibited

NAGASAKI, Japan - A total of 26 photos of the surroundings of the Nagasaki atomic bombing, including the ground zero location, taken some 16 months after the Aug. 9, 1945, blast and kept by the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, are exhibited at the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, from July 23, 2014, for a two-month run.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001204070
  • Registered date
  • 2014/7/23 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2014 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 3968 × 2693 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 1.00(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.
        Court ruling on Nagasaki A-bomb survivors

        Court ruling on Nagasaki A-bomb survivors

        Photo taken on Sept. 9, 2024, shows a courtroom at the Nagasaki District Court in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan. The court ruled the same day in support of 15 of the 44 plaintiffs who were seeking state health care benefits as survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki after being exposed to the blast outside the state-designated area.
          Israel not invited to Nagasaki A-bomb event

          Israel not invited to Nagasaki A-bomb event

          Photo taken Aug. 8, 2024, shows a letter from U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel to Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki, expressing concern over the southwestern Japan city's decision not to invite Israel to the Aug. 9 ceremony to commemorate the 79th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing. The embassy announced on Aug. 7 the ambassador would skip the peace ceremony because of the city's decision.
            Israel not invited to Nagasaki A-bomb event

            Israel not invited to Nagasaki A-bomb event

            Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki meets the press on Aug. 8, 2024, a day after the southwestern Japan city received a joint letter from the envoys from the European Union and the Group of Seven countries, excluding Japan, over Nagasaki's decision not to invite Israel to the Aug. 9 ceremony to commemorate the 79th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing. Suzuki said that the decision was not politically motivated and would not be changed.
              Israel not invited to Nagasaki A-bomb event

              Israel not invited to Nagasaki A-bomb event

              Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki meets the press on Aug. 8, 2024, a day after the southwestern Japan city received a joint letter from the envoys from the European Union and the Group of Seven countries, excluding Japan, over Nagasaki's decision not to invite Israel to the Aug. 9 ceremony to commemorate the 79th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing. Suzuki said that the decision was not politically motivated and would not be changed.
                Israel not invited to Nagasaki A-bomb event

                Israel not invited to Nagasaki A-bomb event

                Photo taken Aug. 8, 2024, shows a letter from U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel to Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki, expressing concern over the southwestern Japan city's decision not to invite Israel to the Aug. 9 ceremony to commemorate the 79th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing. The embassy announced on Aug. 7 the ambassador would skip the peace ceremony because of the city's decision.
                  Israel not invited to Nagasaki A-bomb event

                  Israel not invited to Nagasaki A-bomb event

                  Photo taken Aug. 7, 2024, shows a joint letter from the envoys from the Group of Seven countries excluding Japan and the European Union to Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki, expressing concern over the southwestern Japan city's decision not to invite Israel to an Aug. 9 ceremony to commemorate the 79th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing. The city said the envoys would skip the ceremony.
                    Israel not invited to Nagasaki A-bomb event

                    Israel not invited to Nagasaki A-bomb event

                    Photo taken Aug. 7, 2024, shows a joint letter from the envoys from the European Union and the Group of Seven countries excluding Japan to Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki, expressing concern over the southwestern Japan city's decision not to invite Israel to an Aug. 9 ceremony to commemorate the 79th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing. The city said the envoys would skip the ceremony.
                      Airing of Nagasaki A-bomb victims list ahead of rainy season

                      Airing of Nagasaki A-bomb victims list ahead of rainy season

                      Officials in Nagasaki on May 17, 2024, turn the pages of some of the 200 books listing the names of 195,704 victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city. The airing at the Nagasaki National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims is held every year prior to the rainy season.