Nagasaki marks 62nd anniversary of atomic bombing

NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue reads out his Peace Declaration during a memorial ceremony held at Peace Park in Nagasaki on Aug. 9 to mark the 62nd anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city in 1945. He warned against holding discussions about whether Japan should possess nuclear arms and stressed the use of nuclear weapons should never be permitted.

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