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[Breaking News]Hiroshima ahead of 80th A-bomb anniversary

HIROSHIMA, Japan, Aug. 6 Kyodo - Video shows the World Heritage-listed Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima on Aug. 5, 2025, the eve of the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city. (Kyodo)

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Wrecked Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall (now the A-bomb Dome) and Aioi Bridge

The wrecked Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall (right) and Aioi Bridge (left), which was the target of the atomic bomb. The wreckage of Japanese Red Cross Society Hiroshima Branch's building can be seen between the Industrial Promotion Hall and the bridge. The ruined Industrial Promotion Hall became known as the “A-bomb Dome" after the war. Yoshito Matsushige, who took this photograph, recalled, "I think it was the first. (Distance from hypocenter 150meters) Photo taken in September 1945, by Yoshito Matsushige, Chugoku Shimbun. **Editorial use only, Commercial use not possible**, Credit: Chugoku Shimbun/Kyodo News Images

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Quake in western Japan

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Municipal officials examine the A-Bomb Dome in Hiroshima City after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 struck a swath of western Japan in the early morning of March 14, 2014.

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Quake in western Japan

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Municipal officials examine the A-Bomb Dome in Hiroshima City after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 struck a swath of western Japan in the early morning of March 14, 2014.

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A-Bomb Dome

HIROSHIMA, Japan - File photo shows the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, also known as the Atomic Bomb Dome, in Hiroshima, western Japan. The Hiroshima municipal government plans to take seismic reinforcement steps for the symbol of the August 1945 atomic bombing, municipal sources said on Jan. 24, 2014.

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A-Bomb Dome rubble salvaged from river

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Rubble believed to be from the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, known as the Atomic Bomb Dome (seen in background), is salvaged from a nearby river by crane with support from Hiroshima University on Jan. 22, 2014. A graduate student at the university discovered in June 2013 granite believed to be from the building registered as a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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A-Bomb Dome rubble salvaged from river

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Rubble believed to be from the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, known as the Atomic Bomb Dome (seen in background), is salvaged from a nearby river by a crane with support from Hiroshima University on Jan. 22, 2014. A graduate student at the university discovered in June, 2013, granite believed to be from the building registered as a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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A-Bomb Dome rubble salvaged from river

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Rebun Kayo, a 35-year-old graduate student at Hiroshima University, helps salvage rubble believed to be from the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, known as the Atomic Bomb Dome, from a nearby river by crane on Jan. 22, 2014. Kayo discovered in June, 2013, granite believed to be from the building registered as a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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68th anniv. of atomic bombing of Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Lanterns are floated on a river in front of the A-Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, in memory of the victims of the 1945 atomic bombing of the Japanese city, on Aug. 6, 2013, the 68th anniversary of the attack.

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Snow in Japan

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 28, 2013, shows an area of central Hiroshima in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, which is covered with snow. The A-Bomb Dome is seen in the back left.

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Writer of well-known A-bomb comic book 'Barefoot Gen' dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in June 2008 shows Keiji Nakazawa, author of "Hadashi no Gen" (Barefoot Gen), an iconic Japanese comic about the 1945 Hiroshima atomic bombing, standing near the A-Bomb Dome (shown in the background) in Hiroshima. Nakazawa died of lung cancer on Dec. 19 at a hospital in the western Japanese city, people close to him said Dec. 25, 2012. He was 73.

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Poet Arthur Binard in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Poet Arthur Binard speaks in an interview near the A-Bomb Dome (back) in Hiroshima on June 27, 2012. The American artist based in Japan published a photo book in July 2012 featuring keepsakes of atomic-bomb victims in Hiroshima.

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Strong winds in Japan

HIROSHIMA, Japan - People walk near the A-Bomb Dome (visible in the background) in Hiroshima, western Japan, amid strong winds on April 3, 2012. Strong winds hit wide areas of western Japan the same day, prompting the weather agency to warn people in other regions, including commuters in Tokyo, to brace themselves for gusts and possible disruptions of public transportation.

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Kenyan Nobel Prize winner Maathai dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmentalist Wangari Maathai (front L) visiting the A-Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, western Japan, escorted by then Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba, in February 2010. Maathai died at the age of 71 on Sept. 25, 2011, at a hospital in Nairobi while undergoing treatment for cancer, according to her organization the Green Belt Movement.

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Antinuclear plant rally in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - People rally against nuclear power plants in front of the A-Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, an atomic-bombed city in western Japan, on June 11, 2011. Thousands of antinuclear protesters took to the streets across Japan the same day.

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Google Street View to show inside A-Bomb Dome

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo shows the A-Bomb Dome, a relic of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, and a tricycle carrying a camera system to take images inside the dome for the Google Street View in Hiroshima on March 10, 2011. Google Inc. of the United States said the same day it will provide the images soon on Street View.

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Lanterns in memory of A-bomb victims

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A junior high school student releases a lantern on the Motoyasu River running in front of the A-Bomb Dome (background) in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 2010, in commemoration of the victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the city.

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Lanterns in memory of A-bomb victims

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Children pray as they send off lanterns on the Motoyasu River running in front of the A-Bomb Dome in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 2010, to commemorate victims of the 1945 U.S. nuclear bombing of the city, as well as in hope of world peace.

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Lanterns in memory of A-bomb victims

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Lanterns in many colors float on the Motoyasu River running in front of the A-Bomb Dome in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 2010, in commemoration of the victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the city.

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Hiroshima 65th A-bomb anniversary

HIROSHIMA, Japan - This photo shows the A-Bomb Dome and, in the background, the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 2010, the 65th anniversary of the U.S. nuclear attack on the western Japan city.

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Hiroshima 65th A-bomb anniversary

HIROSHIMA, Japan - This photo shows the A-Bomb Dome and, in the background, the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 2010, the 65th anniversary of the U.S. nuclear attack on the western Japan city.

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Banners for peace encircle A-Bomb Dome in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Participants hold banners with messages of peace near Hiroshima's Atomic Bomb Dome at an event calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons on Aug. 1, 2010. Atomic bombing survivors, schoolchildren and others, who encircled the dome, tied 900 banners contributed from around Japan with ribbons and offered silent prayers to those killed by the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the city, ahead of its 65th anniversary on Aug. 6.

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Banners for peace encircle A-Bomb Dome in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Schoolchildren holding banners decorated with messages of peace observe a moment of silence for those killed by the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, near city's Atomic Bomb Dome on Aug. 1, 2010. Participants, who encircled the dome, tied 900 banners contributed from around Japan with ribbons, at the event to call for peace and the abolition of nuclear weapons, ahead of the 65th anniversary of the bombing on Aug. 6.

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Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

HIROSHIMA, Japan - This July 22, 2009, photo shows the main building of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, completed in 1955, and the A-Bomb Dome (behind). The government designated the building, designed by a group of people including the legendary architect Kenzo Tange, as a national important cultural asset in 2006.

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Replica of A-Bomb Dome

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Crowds of visitors view exhibitions, including a large replica of the A-Bomb Dome, at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum on July 18. About 1.36 million people visited the museum in fiscal 2008 through March to see items damaged by the nuclear weapon in the western Japan city and hear citizens call for the abolishment of nuclear weapons.

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A-bomb victims call for world peace

HIROSHIMA, Japan - About 200 atomic-bomb victims and members of peace-seeking groups call for world peace in a sit-in before the A-Bomb Dome in Hiroshima on Sept. 11, the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the United States.

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High levels of lead detected at Hiroshima's A-Bomb Dome site

HIROSHIMA, Japan - High levels of lead have been detected at the site of the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, but no damage to human health has been reported as no groundwater around the site has been used for human consumption, the Hiroshima municipal government said April 13.

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Work begins to protect A-Bomb Dome

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Workers begin Oct. 8 repairing the A-Bomb Dome in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima Prefecture to prevent rainwater and other factors from degrading the structure, which has been listed as a World Heritage site.

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Antiracism graffiti found in Hiroshima peace park

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Antiracism graffiti marks a wall outside the A-Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, western Japan. The 1-meter long by 1-meter wide charcoal graffiti with the words ''NO MORE RACIZM'' (sic) and a large peace symbol was discovered Dec. 7 by the office of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Chuo Ward.

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Children stage 'die-in' at Hiroshima A-bomb Dome

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Children on Aug. 6 stage a ''die-in'' in front of Hiroshima's Atomic Bomb Dome at 8:15 a.m., the exact time of the A-bomb blast 55 years ago, in an appeal for the complete elimination of nuclear weapons from the world.

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Hiroshima citizens hold lights around A-Bomb Dome

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima citizens holding lights gather around the A-Bomb Dome in Hiroshima in the evening Aug. 5. Hiroshima on Aug. 6 commemorates the 55th anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombing of the city.

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People gather at A-Bomb Dome for nuclear protest

HIROSHIMA, Japan - People stage a ''die-in'' in front of the A-Bomb Dome in Hiroshima on Aug. 6 to protest nuclear weapons as the city commemorates the 54th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing. They are urging worldwide efforts to eliminate nuclear weapons.

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