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Charnel house of A-bomb mound in Hiroshima shown to press

HIROSHIMA, Japan, July 16 Kyodo - The charnel house beneath the Atomic Bomb Memorial Mound in Hiroshima is shown to the press on July 16, 2025, ahead of the 80th anniversary of the bombing of the western Japan city on Aug. 6, 1945. The vault stores the ashes of about 70,000 atomic bomb victims, with many of them unclaimed. (Kyodo)

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Charnel house of A-bomb mound in Hiroshima shown to press

The charnel house beneath the Atomic Bomb Memorial Mound in Hiroshima is shown to the press on July 16, 2025, ahead of the 80th anniversary of the bombing of the western Japan city on Aug. 6, 1945. The vault stores the ashes of about 70,000 atomic bomb victims, with many of them unclaimed.

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Charnel house of A-bomb mound in Hiroshima shown to press

The charnel house beneath the Atomic Bomb Memorial Mound in Hiroshima is shown to the press on July 16, 2025, ahead of the 80th anniversary of the bombing of the western Japan city on Aug. 6, 1945. The vault stores the ashes of about 70,000 atomic bomb victims, with many of them unclaimed.

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Charnel house of A-bomb mound in Hiroshima shown to press

The charnel house beneath the Atomic Bomb Memorial Mound in Hiroshima is shown to the press on July 16, 2025, ahead of the 80th anniversary of the bombing of the western Japan city on Aug. 6, 1945. The vault stores the ashes of about 70,000 atomic bomb victims, with many of them unclaimed.

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Charnel house of A-bomb mound in Hiroshima shown to press

The charnel house beneath the Atomic Bomb Memorial Mound in Hiroshima is shown to the press on July 16, 2025, ahead of the 80th anniversary of the bombing of the western Japan city on Aug. 6, 1945. The vault stores the ashes of about 70,000 atomic bomb victims, with many of them unclaimed.

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Hiroshima after 1945 U.S. atomic bomb attack

HIROSHIMA, Japan, Sept. 4 Kyodo - File photo taken in August 1945 shows a devastated land in the western Japan city of Hiroshima after the U.S. atomic bomb attack on the city on Aug. 6. (Kyodo)

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Ceremony in S. Korea on Hiroshima A-bomb anniversary

A memorial service for the victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima is held in Hapcheon County, South Korea, on Aug. 6, 2024, the 79th anniversary of the blast. Hapcheon is home to many Koreans who experienced the explosion.

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Ceremony in S. Korea on Hiroshima A-bomb anniversary

A memorial service for the victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima is held in Hapcheon County, South Korea, on Aug. 6, 2024, the 79th anniversary of the blast. Hapcheon is home to many Koreans who experienced the explosion.

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Hiroshima marks 78th A-bomb anniversary

Setsuko Thurlow, a survivor of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima and prominent anti-nuclear campaigner, speaks at a press conference in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 2023, the 78th anniversary of the attack.

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Hiroshima marks 78th A-bomb anniversary

Setsuko Thurlow (L), a survivor of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima and prominent anti-nuclear campaigner, speaks at an international anti-nuclear meeting in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 2023, the 78th anniversary of the attack.

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Hiroshima marks 78th A-bomb anniversary

Setsuko Thurlow (L), a survivor of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima and prominent anti-nuclear campaigner, speaks at an international anti-nuclear meeting in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 2023, the 78th anniversary of the attack.

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78th A-bomb anniversary in Hiroshima

Keiko Ogura, a survivor of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, shares her experience of the attack at an event in the western Japan city on Aug. 6, 2023, its 78th anniversary. An English speaker, she was the only survivor to meet world leaders at the Group of Seven summit held in the city in May.

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78th A-bomb anniversary in Hiroshima

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (top, C) speaks during his visit to a nursing home in Hiroshima for survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city on Aug. 6, 2023, the 78th anniversary of the attack.

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78th A-bomb anniversary in Hiroshima

Keiko Ogura, a survivor of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, shares her experience of the attack at an event in the western Japan city on Aug. 6, 2023, its 78th anniversary. An English speaker, she was the only survivor to meet world leaders at the Group of Seven summit held in the city in May.

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78th A-bomb anniversary in Hiroshima

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (L) speaks during his visit to a nursing home in Hiroshima for survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city on Aug. 6, 2023, the 78th anniversary of the attack.

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78th A-bomb anniversary in Hiroshima

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C) shakes hands with a survivor of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima during a meeting in the western Japan city on Aug. 6, 2023, the 78th anniversary of the attack.

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78th A-bomb anniversary in Hiroshima

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (L) speaks at a meeting in Hiroshima with survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city on Aug. 6, 2023, the 78th anniversary of the attack.

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Hiroshima marks A-bomb anniversary, lanterns floated in memory

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Lanterns being released into Motoyasu River in the evening of Aug. 6 in memory of the people who died from the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in World War II. At the background is the Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Dome, ground zero of the atomic bomb which exploded over the city of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945.

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Italian motorcyclists begin journey to Hiroshima via Belarus

VENICE, Italy - The Marco Polo Team of three Italian motorcyclists, led by lawyer Michele Orlando (R), shows paper cranes made by Italian children at Plaza San Marco in Venice on Aug. 3 before leaving the city on a 20,000-kilometer trans-Eurasian journey to Hiroshima via Belarus to campaign against radiation tragedies. The motorbikers will deliver paper cranes to a monument dedicated to a Japanese girl who died at age 12 as a result of the wartime atomic bombing of the city on Aug. 6, 1945.

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Peace marchers arrive in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A group of some 400 peace marchers arrived at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Aug. 4 ahead of the 62nd anniversary of the 1945 U.S. bombing of the city Aug. 6. The march started in Tokyo on May 6, calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons.

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A-bomb survivor to visit NY for nuke-free appeal

OSAKA, Japan - Masakazu Saito, a 90-year-old survivor of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, stands at his home in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, in October 2014, speaking of his decision to visit New York next spring during the U.N. Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference to call for the abolition of nuclear weapons. In the background is his collection of antique clocks, all with their handles stopped at 8:15, the time when the bomb was dropped on the western Japan city on Aug. 6, 1945.

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Participants in anti-A-bomb confab pray for victims

NAGASAKI, Japan - Participants in a meeting held in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, by the Japan Congress Against A- and H-Bombs offer silent prayers on Aug. 6, 2014, for the victims of atomic bombs dropped on Japan in August 1945.

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69th anniversary of A-bombing observed in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A girl floats a candle-lit lantern on the Motoyasu River adjacent to the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Aug. 6, 2014, in memory of victims of the 1945 A-bombing on its 69th anniversary.

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Concert with piano that survived A-bombing held in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A concert using a piano that survived the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima takes place in the Peace Memorial Park in the western Japan city on Aug. 6, 2014, on the 69th anniversary of the blast.

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Concert with piano that survived A-bombing held in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A piano owned by atomic bomb survivor Morio Iwata (2nd from rear R) is played at a concert in the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Aug. 6, 2014, on the 69th anniversary of the bombing. The piano also survived the 1945 blast.

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A-bomb survivors offer prayers for victims in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, western Japan, offer silent prayers for compatriot victims at a memorial ceremony in Hapcheon County, South Gyeongsang Province, southeastern South Korea, on Aug. 6, 2014. Many Koreans were taken to Japan from the Korean Peninsula when it was under Japan's colonial rule.

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Memorial service for A-bomb victims held in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - South Koreans pay floral tribute to compatriots killed in the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, western Japan, at a memorial ceremony in Hapcheon County, South Gyeongsang Province, southeastern South Korea, on Aug. 6, 2014. Many Koreans were taken to Japan from the Korean Peninsula when it was under Japanese colonial rule.

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U.S. envoy Kennedy attends Hiroshima A-bomb ceremony

HIROSHIMA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy attends the annual ceremony at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan on Aug. 6, 2014, to mark the 69th anniversary of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the city.

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U.S. envoy Kennedy attends Hiroshima A-bomb ceremony

HIROSHIMA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy attends the annual ceremony at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan on Aug. 6, 2014, to mark the 69th anniversary of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the city.

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Public viewing of documents on A-bomb victims in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Eighty three books of documents showing where 23,039 victims of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima died or were treated are placed for public viewing at International Conference Center Hiroshima in the western Japan city on Aug. 1, 2014. The public viewing continues until Aug. 6.

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U.S. envoy Kennedy to attend Hiroshima A-bomb ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - Undated photo shows U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy. Kennedy will attend the annual ceremony in Hiroshima on Aug. 6 to mark the anniversary of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the city, sources familiar with the matter said July 31, 2014.

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Japanese A-bomb survivor to share experience in Kazakhstan

NAGASAKI, Japan - Shohei Tsuiki, an A-bomb survivor in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, talks at a press conference at the Nagasaki municipal office on July 10, 2014, about an exhibition of the 1945 blast planned in three cities in Kazakhstan from Aug. 6 to Sept. 30.

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A-bomb survivor to deliver English speech to NPDI FMs

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Keiko Ogura is photographed at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on April 9, 2014, before she speaks about her experience of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, at a meeting by foreign ministers of the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative in the city on April 12, 2014.

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Letters by Hiroshima governor around 1945 A-bombing found

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken on March 17, 2014, shows four letters written between June and October 1945 by Genshin Takano (1895-1969), the governor of Hiroshima when the United States dropped the atomic bomb on the Japanese city on Aug. 6, 1945. The letters were discovered at the Hiroshima Prefectural Archives.

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A-bomb themed manga in Hindi

NEW DELHI, India - India-based translator Tomoko Kikuchi holds her Hindi translation of "Yunagi no machi sakura no kuni" (town of evening calm, country of cherry blossoms) during an event in New Delhi on Aug. 6, 2013. The event marked the publication of the Hindi version of comics by Fumiyo Kono about the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan.

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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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68th anniv. of atomic bombing of Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Lanterns are floated on a river 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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Ad opposing Japan reactor exports

HANOI, Vietnam - Photo shows an opinion ad (R) objecting to planned nuclear reactor exports by Japan, published on Aug. 6, 2013, by Vietnam's state-run English-language daily Viet Nam News. The ad, sponsored by DAYS JAPAN, a monthly photo journalism magazine, was published to coincide with the 68th anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

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Red Cross holds A-bomb ceremony, calls for disarmament

GENEVA, Switzerland - A sapling of a tree that survived the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima is planted at a ceremony held at the headquarters of the Red Cross in Geneva, Switzerland, on Aug. 6, 2013, to commemorate the 68th anniversary of the nuclear attack.

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U.S. envoy Roos

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos. Roos will attend an annual ceremony on Aug. 6, 2013 in Hiroshima to commemorate the 68th anniversary of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the city, marking his third attendance since 2010, before leaving his post, sources close to Japan-U.S. relations said on Aug 2.

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"Barefoot Gen" director

TOKYO, Japan - Yuko Ishida, who directed "Barefoot Gen's Hiroshima," gives an interview with Kyodo News on July 6, 2013 in Tokyo. The documentary film is about Keiji Nakazawa who wrote the manga series "Barefoot Gen" based on his own experience from the Aug. 6, 1945, atomic bombing on Hiroshima.

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'Barefoot Gen' marks 40th anniversary of publication

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken July 6, 2011, shows the late Keiji Nakazawa, author of "Hadashi no Gen (Barefoot Gen)," a Japanese manga series describing the life of a 6-year-old boy called Gen before and after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945. The series marked the 40th anniversary of its publication in 2013. Nakazawa died in December 2012.

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'Barefoot Gen' marks 40th anniversary of publication

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Misayo Nakazawa, widow of Keiji Nakazawa, is seen in Hiroshima's Naka Ward on June 11, 2013, sitting in front of magazines and other publications that carried her late husband's manga series "Hadashi no Gen (Barefoot Gen)." The series describes the life of a 6-year-old boy called Gen before and after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945.

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Truman grandson at Nagasaki ceremony

NAGASAKI, Japan - Clifton Truman Daniel (L), the eldest grandson of U.S. President Harry Truman who ordered the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, offers silent prayers during a ceremony at Peace Park in Nagasaki marking the 67th anniversary of the attack on the southwestern Japanese city. He also attended the Aug. 6 ceremony in Hiroshima.

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Truman grandson at Nagasaki ceremony

NAGASAKI, Japan - Clifton Truman Daniel, the eldest grandson of U.S. President Harry Truman who ordered the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, meets reporters at Peace Park in Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2012, after attending a ceremony there marking the 67th anniversary of the attack on the southwestern Japanese city. He also attended the Aug. 6 ceremony in Hiroshima.

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Lanterns on 67th anniv. of atomic bombing of Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Lanterns are floated at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima in memory of the victims of the 1945 atomic bombing of the western Japan city, on the night of Aug. 6, 2012, its 67th anniversary.

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Lanterns on 67th anniv. of atomic bombing of Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Lanterns are floated at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima in memory of the victims of the 1945 atomic bombing of the western Japan city, on the night of Aug. 6, 2012, its 67th anniversary.

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Lanterns on 67th anniv. of atomic bombing of Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Lanterns are floated at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima in memory of the victims of the 1945 atomic bombing of the western Japan city, on the night of Aug. 6, 2012, its 67th anniversary.

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Truman's grandson visits Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Clifton Truman Daniel (L), the eldest grandson of former U.S. President Harry Truman, holds talks with Kazumi Matsui, mayor of Hiroshima, devastated by the atomic bombing ordered by his grandfather in 1945, at the city office on Aug. 4, 2012. The 55-year-old former journalist was visiting Japan to attend annual ceremonies in Hiroshima on Aug. 6 and in Nagasaki three days later at the invitation of the nonprofit peace organization Sadako Legacy.

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Truman's grandson visits Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Clifton Truman Daniel (L), the eldest grandson of former U.S. President Harry Truman, shakes hands with a survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, ordered by his grandfather, during his visit to the city on Aug. 4, 2012. The 55-year-old former journalist was visiting Japan to attend annual ceremonies in Hiroshima on Aug. 6 and in Nagasaki three days later at the invitation of the nonprofit peace organization Sadako Legacy.