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A-bomb exhibition begins in Osaka

Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura (2nd from R) and Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (far R) attend a tape-cutting ceremony on the first day of an exhibition on the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the Osaka International Peace Center in the western Japan city on Aug. 22, 2025. Twenty-six items provided by the Hiroshima and Nagasaki A-bomb museums are on display at the event, which is being held until Dec. 27 to mark the 80th anniversary of the tragedy.

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Hiroshima, Nagasaki mayors meet Japan PM Kishida

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (R), Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue (L) and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pose for photo as they hold talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 14, 2023. The mayors of the two cities that suffered U.S. atomic bombings in 1945 asked Kishida to set up occasions for world leaders attending the upcoming summit of the Group of Seven nations in Hiroshima to visit A-bomb memorial museums in the cities or to talk with the victims on the sidelines of the summit.

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Hiroshima mayor poses with A-bomb survivors

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (2nd from R) poses with A-bomb survivors Ryukei Omoto (L), Mikio Miura (2nd from L) and Toshiko Tanaka at the city hall in Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 4, 2014, before reading out Hiroshima's Peace Declaration, including reference to their experiences, at the 69th anniversary of U.S. atomic bombing in World War II on Aug. 6.

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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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Postwar Hiroshima mayor's memoirs published in English

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Junso Hamai, son of the late Hiroshima Mayor Shinso Hamai, holds the English version of his father's memoirs ''A-bomb Mayor'' in Hiroshima on Nov. 2, 2010. The book by Shinso, who served as Hiroshima mayor for four terms during the era of the city's postwar reconstruction after the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing, was published in Japan in 1967 and has been translated into English by Elizabeth Baldwin, an American residing in Hiroshima.

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U.S. Ambassador Roos visits Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos (C) and Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba (L) pray for the victims of the atomic bombing at the Memorial Cenotaph for A-Bomb Victims at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Oct. 4, 2009.

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Nagasaki mayor on anniv. of A-bomb attack

NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue reads out a peace declaration during a ceremony at Nagasaki Peace Park on Aug. 9 commemorating the 64th anniversary of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city. Taue called on people to seek a world free of nuclear weapons.

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Nagasaki mayor lodges protest with Kyuma over A-bomb remarks

TOKYO, Japan - Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue (C) hands a protest note to Defense Minister Fumio Kyuma (R) at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on July 3 over Kyuma's comments on June 30 that the atomic bombing of Nagasaki was ''something that couldn't be helped.'

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(9)Hiroshima marks 59th anniversary of U.S. atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba (R) puts a new list of names recognized as atomic-bomb victims into the Memorial Cenotaph for A-Bomb Victims during a ceremony marking the 59th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Aug. 6 at Peace Memorial Park in the city.

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Nagasaki mayor offers wreath at A-bomb anniversary

NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito (2nd from R) and representatives of bereaved families of those who died in the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki offer wreaths in a ceremony marking the 55th anniversary of the bombing, at Nagasaki Peace Park on Aug. 9. Addressing the ceremony, Ito called on the nuclear powers to immediately begin multilateral negotiations on the early conclusion of a comprehensive treaty banning nuclear weapons.

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Hiroshima mayor delivers peace declaration

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba delivers his peace declaration praising contributions made by A-bomb survivors and urging young people to learn from their achievements, as the city commemorated the 54th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing Aug. 6.

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TÜRKIYE-ISTANBUL-AVENUE-DAILY LIFE

(221125) -- ISTANBUL, Nov. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Pedestrians walk on the Istiklal Avenue in Istanbul, Türkiye, Nov. 22, 2022. Days after the bloody explosion that rocked the busiest pedestrian avenue in Istanbul, additional security measures have been taken with a heavy presence of police patrolling the area. The Istiklal Avenue, lined with stores of famous brands, cafes, and bars, is flooded with people as usual. "Many additional security measures have been taken since the bomb explosion," Haydar Ali Yildiz, mayor of Beyoglu district, told reporters on Tuesday. On Nov. 13, six people were killed and more than 80 others wounded when a bomb exploded in front of a large clothing store on the avenue. (Xinhua/Shadati)

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TÜRKIYE-ISTANBUL-AVENUE-DAILY LIFE

(221125) -- ISTANBUL, Nov. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Pedestrians walk on the Istiklal Avenue in Istanbul, Türkiye, Nov. 22, 2022. Days after the bloody explosion that rocked the busiest pedestrian avenue in Istanbul, additional security measures have been taken with a heavy presence of police patrolling the area. The Istiklal Avenue, lined with stores of famous brands, cafes, and bars, is flooded with people as usual. "Many additional security measures have been taken since the bomb explosion," Haydar Ali Yildiz, mayor of Beyoglu district, told reporters on Tuesday. On Nov. 13, six people were killed and more than 80 others wounded when a bomb exploded in front of a large clothing store on the avenue. (Xinhua/Shadati)

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TÜRKIYE-ISTANBUL-AVENUE-DAILY LIFE

(221125) -- ISTANBUL, Nov. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Haydar Ali Yildiz, mayor of Beyoglu district, speaks to reporters about security measures on the Istiklal Avenue in Istanbul, Türkiye, Nov. 22, 2022. Days after the bloody explosion that rocked the busiest pedestrian avenue in Istanbul, additional security measures have been taken with a heavy presence of police patrolling the area. The Istiklal Avenue, lined with stores of famous brands, cafes, and bars, is flooded with people as usual. "Many additional security measures have been taken since the bomb explosion," Haydar Ali Yildiz, mayor of Beyoglu district, told reporters on Tuesday. On Nov. 13, six people were killed and more than 80 others wounded when a bomb exploded in front of a large clothing store on the avenue. (Xinhua/Shadati)

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Nagasaki urges nuke elimination as city marks 77th A-bomb anniv.

Nagasaki marked the 77th anniversary Tuesday of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city during World War II, with Mayor Tomihisa Taue calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons amid mounting concern over their potential use following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. A moment of silence was observed at 11:02 a.m., the exact time on Aug. 9, 1945, when a plutonium bomb codenamed "Fat Man" dropped by a U.S. bomber exploded over the port city, only the second time a nuclear weapon has been used in war. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who represents a constituency in Hiroshima and has expressed readiness to work toward a world free of nuclear weapons, said, "Even in the midst of a severe security situation, we must continue our history of non-use of nuclear weapons and continue to make Nagasaki the site of the last atomic bombing."

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Nagasaki mayor lodges protest with Kyuma over A-bomb remarks

TOKYO, Japan - Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue (C) hands a protest note to Defense Minister Fumio Kyuma (R) at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on July 3 over Kyuma's comments on June 30 that the atomic bombing of Nagasaki was ''something that couldn't be helped.' (Kyodo)

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Nagasaki mayor lodges protest with Kyuma over A-bomb remarks

TOKYO, Japan - Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue (C) hands a protest note to Defense Minister Fumio Kyuma (R) at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on July 3 over Kyuma's comments on June 30 that the atomic bombing of Nagasaki was ''something that couldn't be helped.' (Kyodo)

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Ex-Hiroshima mayor hopes Obama will listen to A-bomb survivors

Tadatoshi Akiba, who served as mayor of Hiroshima for 12 years through 2011, holds a press conference in Tokyo on May 23, 2016. Akiba expressed his hope that U.S. President Barack Obama would listen to survivors' stories during his visit later in the week to the western Japan city that was devastated by a U.S. atomic bomb in the late stages of World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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G-7 foreign ministers' meeting in Hiroshima

Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven advanced economies and the European Union pose for commemorative photos with paper cranes around their necks on April 11, 2016, in front of the cenotaph for A-bomb victims in Hiroshima, western Japan, where they were attending a G-7 meeting. The cranes were presented by children seen in the photo. Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (far L) joined them. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Paris mayor visits Hiroshima to pay respects to A-bomb victims

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo (C) lays a wreath at the base of a cenotaph dedicated to victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in the western Japanese city on March 2, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Paris mayor visits Hiroshima to pay respects to A-bomb victims

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo (L) talks with Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui at the municipal government offices in the western Japanese city on March 2, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea honors ex-Nagasaki mayor over support for A-bomb survivors

Sueko Motoshima (in wheelchair), wife of the late Nagasaki Mayor Hitoshi Motoshima, receives a letter of commendation from Park Jin Woong (L), South Korean consul general in Fukuoka, in the western Japanese city of Nagasaki on March 12, 2015. The South Korean government honored Hitoshi Motoyama, who died last year at the age of 92, in recognition of his support for Korean atomic bomb survivors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hiroshima mayor meets British lawmakers in London on A-bomb sufferings

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (C, front) responds to photo requests in the British parliament building in London during his visit on Nov. 16, 2015. In a meeting there with British lawmakers and members of human rights groups, Matsui explained the suffering experienced by victims of the 1945 atomic bombing of the western Japanese city and stressed the need to abolish all nuclear weapons. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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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. (Kyodo)

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U.S. Ambassador Roos visits Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos (C) and Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba (L) pray for the victims of the atomic bombing at the Memorial Cenotaph for A-Bomb Victims at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Oct. 4, 2009. (Kyodo)

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Hiroshima mayor poses with A-bomb survivors

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (2nd from R) poses with A-bomb survivors Ryukei Omoto (L), Mikio Miura (2nd from L) and Toshiko Tanaka at the city hall in Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 4, 2014, before reading out Hiroshima's Peace Declaration, including reference to their experiences, at the 69th anniversary of U.S. atomic bombing in World War II on Aug. 6. (Kyodo)

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Postwar Hiroshima mayor's memoirs published in English

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Junso Hamai, son of the late Hiroshima Mayor Shinso Hamai, holds the English version of his father's memoirs ''A-bomb Mayor'' in Hiroshima on Nov. 2, 2010. The book by Shinso, who served as Hiroshima mayor for four terms during the era of the city's postwar reconstruction after the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing, was published in Japan in 1967 and has been translated into English by Elizabeth Baldwin, an American residing in Hiroshima. (Kyodo)

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(9)Hiroshima marks 59th anniversary of U.S. atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba (R) puts a new list of names recognized as atomic-bomb victims into the Memorial Cenotaph for A-Bomb Victims during a ceremony marking the 59th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Aug. 6 at Peace Memorial Park in the city. (Kyodo)

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Nagasaki mayor offers wreath at A-bomb anniversary

NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito (2nd from R) and representatives of bereaved families of those who died in the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki offer wreaths in a ceremony marking the 55th anniversary of the bombing, at Nagasaki Peace Park on Aug. 9. Addressing the ceremony, Ito called on the nuclear powers to immediately begin multilateral negotiations on the early conclusion of a comprehensive treaty banning nuclear weapons.

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Hiroshima mayor delivers peace declaration

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba delivers his peace declaration praising contributions made by A-bomb survivors and urging young people to learn from their achievements, as the city commemorated the 54th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing Aug. 6.

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Hiroshima mayor delivers peace declaration

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba delivers his peace declaration praising contributions made by A-bomb survivors and urging young people to learn from their achievements, as the city commemorated the 54th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing Aug. 6.