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[Breaking News]80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan, Aug. 9 Kyodo - High school students hold hands while surrounding the cenotaph marking the hypocenter of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 9, 2025, the 80th anniversary of the attack in World War II. (Kyodo)

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Crown princess watches musical on A-bomb victim

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (R) and her daughter, Princess Kako, visit a theater in Hiroshima on Aug. 10, 2025, to watch "Peace on Your Wings," a musical about Sadako Sasaki, a victim of the August 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima who died at age 12 from leukemia. (Pool photo)

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80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Waleed Siam, representative of the Permanent General Mission of Palestine in Japan, prepares to lay flowers at the park marking the hypocenter of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 8, 2025, the eve of the 80th anniversary of the attack in World War II.

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80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Israeli Ambassador to Japan Gilad Cohen prepares to lay flowers at the park marking the hypocenter of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 8, 2025, the eve of the 80th anniversary of the attack in World War II.

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80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Photo shows the bust of the Virgin Mary, the only portion of the statue that survived the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, at an altar at Urakami Cathedral in the southwestern Japan city on Aug. 9, 2025, the 80th anniversary of the attacks in World War II.

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80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Photo shows the bust of the Virgin Mary, the only portion of the statue that survived the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, at an altar at Urakami Cathedral in the southwestern Japan city on Aug. 9, 2025, the 80th anniversary of the attacks in World War II.

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Memorial event in Potsdam on 80th A-bomb anniv.

Lanterns float on a lake in Potsdam on Aug. 9, 2025, the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Japan's Nagasaki in World War II. U.S. President Harry Truman's order for the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was issued during his stay in the eastern German city in the closing days of the war in the summer of 1945.

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Memorial event in Potsdam on 80th A-bomb anniv.

Lanterns float on a lake in Potsdam on Aug. 9, 2025, the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Japan's Nagasaki in World War II. U.S. President Harry Truman's order for the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was issued during his stay in the eastern German city in the closing days of the war in the summer of 1945.

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80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Lanterns are lit near the park marking the hypocenter of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 9, 2025, the 80th anniversary of the attack during World War II.

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80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Lanterns are lit near the park marking the hypocenter of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 9, 2025, the 80th anniversary of the attack during World War II.

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80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

High school students hold hands while surrounding the cenotaph marking the hypocenter of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 9, 2025, the 80th anniversary of the attack in World War II.

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80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Paper cranes are placed with messages against nuclear weapons in the park marking the hypocenter of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 9, 2025, the 80th anniversary of the attack in World War II.

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80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Paper cranes are placed with messages against nuclear weapons in the park marking the hypocenter of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 9, 2025, the 80th anniversary of the attack in World War II.

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80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Paper cranes are placed with messages against nuclear weapons in the park marking the hypocenter of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 9, 2025, the 80th anniversary of the attack in World War II.

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80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Photo shows a night view of Nagasaki on Aug. 8, 2025, the eve of the 80th anniversary of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city.

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80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Lanterns are lit in the park marking the hypocenter of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 8, 2025, the eve of the 80th anniversary of the tragedy.

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80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Ambassadors to Japan head to the cenotaph marking the hypocenter of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, to lay flowers on Aug. 8, 2025, the eve of the 80th anniversary of the tragedy.

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80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Paper cranes are placed in the park marking the hypocenter of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 8, 2025, the eve of the 80th anniversary of the tragedy.

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Memorial event for Korean A-bomb victims

A memorial service is held for the Korean victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing on Hiroshima in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in the western Japan city on Aug. 5, 2025.

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Memorial event for Korean A-bomb victims

A memorial service is held for the Korean victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing on Hiroshima in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in the western Japan city on Aug. 5, 2025.

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Memorial event for Korean A-bomb victims

A memorial service is held for the Korean victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing on Hiroshima in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in the western Japan city on Aug. 5, 2025.

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[Breaking News]Streetcar that survived 1945 Hiroshima atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan, July 27 Kyodo - Video taken in Hiroshima on July 27, 2025, shows a streetcar that is still in use despite suffering damage in the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city. (Kyodo)

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Streetcar that survived 1945 Hiroshima atomic bombing

Photo taken in Hiroshima on July 27, 2025, shows a streetcar that is still in use despite suffering damage in the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city.

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Emperor, empress visit Hiroshima

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (R) and Empress Masako look at artifacts related to the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima during a visit to the Peace Memorial Park in the western Japan city on June 19, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress visit Hiroshima

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (R) and Empress Masako look at artifacts related to the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima during a visit to the Peace Memorial Park in the western Japan city on June 19, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress visit Hiroshima

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (R) and Empress Masako look at artifacts related to the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima during a visit to the Peace Memorial Park in the western Japan city on June 19, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Airing of Hiroshima A-bomb victims list

HIROSHIMA, Japan, May 22 Kyodo - Hiroshima city officials air out books listing the names of victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city after removing them from a stone chamber beneath the cenotaph for the victims at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on May 22, 2025. The officials also turned each page to check the condition of the 128 books, which contain a total of 344,306 names, ahead of the rainy season. (Kyodo)

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Airing of Hiroshima A-bomb victims list

Photo taken on May 22, 2025, shows the interior of a stone chamber at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima which stores books listing the names of victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city. The city government opened the chamber to the media for the first time, on the occasion of the annual airing out of the books ahead of the rainy season.

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Airing of Hiroshima A-bomb victims list

Photo taken on May 22, 2025, shows the interior of a stone chamber at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima which stores books listing the names of victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city. The city government opened the chamber to the media for the first time, on the occasion of the annual airing out of the books ahead of the rainy season.

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Airing of Hiroshima A-bomb victims list

Photo taken on May 22, 2025, shows the interior of a stone chamber at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima which stores books listing the names of victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city. The city government opened the chamber to the media for the first time, on the occasion of the annual airing out of the books ahead of the rainy season.

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Airing of Hiroshima A-bomb victims list

Photo taken on May 22, 2025, shows the interior of a stone chamber at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima which stores books listing the names of victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city. The city government opened the chamber to the media for the first time, on the occasion of the annual airing out of the books ahead of the rainy season.

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Airing of Hiroshima A-bomb victims list

Hiroshima city officials take books listing the names of victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city out of a stone chamber beneath the cenotaph for the victims at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on May 22, 2025. A total of 128 books containing a total of 344,306 names were aired out ahead of the rainy season.

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Airing of Hiroshima A-bomb victims list

A Hiroshima city official carefully turns the pages to check the condition of books listing the names of victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city after removing them from a stone chamber beneath the cenotaph for the victims at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on May 22, 2025. A total of 128 books containing 344,306 names were aired out ahead of the rainy season.

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Airing of Hiroshima A-bomb victims list

Hiroshima city officials air out books listing the names of victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city after removing them from a stone chamber beneath the cenotaph for the victims at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on May 22, 2025. The officials also turned each page to check the condition of the 128 books, which contain a total of 344,306 names, ahead of the rainy season.

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Airing of Hiroshima A-bomb victims list

A Hiroshima city official carefully turns the pages to check the condition of books listing the names of victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city after removing them from a stone chamber beneath the cenotaph for the victims at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on May 22, 2025. A total of 128 books containing 344,306 names were aired out ahead of the rainy season.

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80th anniversary of founding of United Nations

U.N. High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu (3rd from L) attends a ceremony in which a tree grown from one that survived the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima is planted at the U.N. headquarters in New York on May 6, 2025, to the mark the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations and the 1945 tragedy that also hit Nagasaki.

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80th anniversary of founding of United Nations

U.N. High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu (L) speaks during a ceremony in which a tree grown from one that survived the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima is planted at the U.N. headquarters in New York on May 6, 2025, to the mark the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations and the 1945 tragedy that also hit Nagasaki.

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A-bomb memorial monument in Hiroshima

Photo taken in Hiroshima on March 27, 2025, shows a monument set up on the rooftop of the newly completed building housing Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. in memory of their employees killed in the August 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city.

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A-bomb survivor Ogura in Norway

OSLO, Norway, Dec. 13 Kyodo - Keiko Ogura, a survivor of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, speaks about her experiences at a junior high school in a municipality in the greater Oslo region, Norway, on Dec. 12, 2024. (Kyodo)

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A-bomb survivor Sasamori

Photo taken on July 29, 2022, shows a portrait of Shigeko Sasamori, a survivor of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city of Hiroshima who underwent reconstructive surgery for her scars in the United States. The New York Times reported on Jan. 2, 2025, that she died on Dec. 15, 2024, at her home in Marina del Rey, California. She was 92.

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Hidankyo representative at Nagasaki rally

Shigemitsu Tanaka, a representative of Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors and winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, prays at the cenotaph marking the hypocenter of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki ahead of a gathering to report on the prize in the southwestern Japan city on Dec. 24, 2024.

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Hidankyo representative at Nagasaki rally

Shigemitsu Tanaka, a representative of Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors and winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, delivers a speech in front of the cenotaph marking the hypocenter of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki during a gathering to report on the prize in the southwestern Japan city on Dec. 24, 2024.

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A-bomb survivor Ogura in Norway

Keiko Ogura (front), a survivor of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, speaks about her experiences at a junior high school in a municipality in the greater Oslo region, Norway, on Dec. 12, 2024.

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A-bomb survivor Ogura in Norway

Keiko Ogura (L), a survivor of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, speaks about her experiences at a junior high school in a municipality in the greater Oslo region, Norway, on Dec. 12, 2024.

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A-bomb survivor Ogura in Norway

Keiko Ogura, a survivor of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, speaks about her experiences at a junior high school in a municipality in the greater Oslo region, Norway, on Dec. 12, 2024.

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A-bomb survivor Ogura in Norway

Keiko Ogura (C), a survivor of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, is welcomed as she visits a junior high school in a municipality in the greater Oslo region, Norway, on Dec. 12, 2024, to speak about her experiences.

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CORRECTED: Nobel Peace Prize event in Oslo

Hiroshi Kanamoto, a survivor of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima and a representative director of Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading atomic bomb survivors group, speaks during an event to share his experiences at Kuben high school in Oslo on Dec. 11, 2024, a day after the group received the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Nobel Peace Prize event in Oslo

Hiroshi Kanamoto, a survivor of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima and a representative director of Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading atomic bomb survivors group, receives a standing ovation during an event to share his experiences at the University of Oslo in the Norwegian capital on Dec. 11, 2024, a day after the group received the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Nobel Peace Prize event in Oslo

Teruko Yokoyama, a survivor of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki and vice president of the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Survivors Council, attends an event to share her experiences at Kuben high school in Oslo on Dec. 11, 2024, a day after Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading atomic bomb survivors group, received the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Nobel Peace Prize event in Oslo

Teruko Yokoyama, a survivor of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki and vice president of the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Survivors Council, attends an event to share her experiences at Kuben high school in Oslo on Dec. 11, 2024, a day after Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading atomic bomb survivors group, received the Nobel Peace Prize.