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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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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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78th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

People pray at 11:02 a.m. on Aug. 9, 2023, the exact time of the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki in 1945, during a memorial ceremony in the southwestern Japan city.

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78th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

People pray at Peace Park in Nagasaki at 11:02 a.m. on Aug. 9, 2023, the exact time of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city in 1945.

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78th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

People pray at 11:02 a.m. on Aug. 9, 2023, the exact time of the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki in 1945, during a memorial mass at Urakami Cathedral in the southwestern Japan city.

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78th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

People pray at 11:02 a.m. on Aug. 9, 2023, the exact time of the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki in 1945, during a memorial mass at Urakami Cathedral in the southwestern Japan city.

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78th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

People pray at 11:02 a.m. on Aug. 9, 2023, the exact time of the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki in 1945, during a memorial ceremony in the southwestern Japan city. (Pool photo)

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78th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

People pray at 11:02 a.m. on Aug. 9, 2023, the exact time of the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki in 1945, during a memorial ceremony in the southwestern Japan city. (Pool photo)

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Nagasaki marks 62nd anniversary of atomic bombing

NAGASAKI, Japan - People observe a minute of silence at 11:02 a.m. 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.

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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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Nagasaki marks 62nd anniversary of atomic bombing

NAGASAKI, Japan - People gather in a memorial ceremony at Peace Park in Nagasaki on Aug. 9 to mark the 62nd anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city in 1945.

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Nagasaki marks 62nd anniversary of atomic bombing

NAGASAKI, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pays floral tribute 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.

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Nagasaki marks 62nd anniversary of atomic bombing

NAGASAKI, Japan - A woman offers her prayer at Urakami Cathedral on Aug. 9 as Nagasaki marks the 62nd anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city in 1945.

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Photos taken 16 months after Nagasaki A-bombing exhibited

NAGASAKI, Japan - A total of 26 photos of the surroundings of the Nagasaki atomic bombing, including the ground zero location, taken some 16 months after the Aug. 9, 1945, blast and kept by the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, are exhibited at the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, from July 23, 2014, for a two-month run.

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Curator explains photo of A-bomb-hit Nagasaki taken in 1946

NAGASAKI, Japan - A curator of the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum explains on July 23, 2014, about one of the 26 pictures taken about a year and four months after the Aug. 9, 1945, atomic bombing of Nagasaki, southwestern Japan. The pictures, originally kept by the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, are on display at the museum until Sept. 28.

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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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Nagasaki peace ceremony

NAGASAKI, Japan - The bust of Mother Mary, the only portion of the statue that survived the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing, is taken to Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki as about 1,000 people marched with torches on Aug. 9, 2013. A ceremony was held earlier in the day to mark the 68th anniversary of the bombing of the southwest Japan city.

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Nagasaki peace ceremony

NAGASAKI, Japan - The bust of Mother Mary, the only portion of the statue that survived the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing, is taken to Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki as about 1,000 people marched with torches on Aug. 9, 2013. A ceremony was held earlier in the day to mark the 68th anniversary of the bombing of the southwest Japan city.

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Memoir of teenage Nagasaki survivor tells horror of A-bomb

NAGASAKI, Japan - Photo taken June 5, 2013 in Tokyo shows Masako Yanagawa's notes that were eventually published as "Masako taorezu" (Masako does not collapse). With some changes in expressions, her personal record as a 14-year-old girl after being exposed to the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 1945, was published as "Masako taorezu" in 1949.

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Memoir of teenage Nagasaki survivor tells horror of A-bomb

NAGASAKI, Japan - Masako Yanagawa is seen in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on June 5, 2013, recalling the diary she wrote after being exposed to the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 1945 at the age of 14. The diary was published as "Masako taorezu" (Masako does not collapse) in 1949.

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67th anniv. of atomic bombing of Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - A ceremony marking the 67th anniversary of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki city is held at Peace Park in the southwestern Japanese city on Aug. 9, 2012.

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67th anniv. of atomic bombing of Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - A survivor of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki city offer prayers for the repose of the victims at Peace Park in Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2012, its 67th anniversary.

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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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U.S. Ambassador Roos at Nagasaki ceremony

NAGASAKI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos arrives at Peace Park in Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2012, to attend a ceremony marking the 67th anniversary of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japanese city. Roos became the first U.S. ambassador to visit Nagasaki for the ceremony.

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Nagasaki Mayor Taue at Nagasaki ceremony

NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue reads out the Peace Declaration at a ceremony marking the 67th anniversary of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki city at Peace Park in the southwestern Japanese city on Aug. 9, 2012.

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67th anniv. of atomic bombing of Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - People offer silent prayers in front of the cenotaph for the Korean victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki city on Aug. 9, 2012, its 67th anniversary.

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67th anniv. of atomic bombing of Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - High school students form a human chain by holding hands at the park marking ground zero of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki city on Aug. 9, 2012, its 67th anniversary.

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67th anniv. of atomic bombing of Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - Women pray for the repose of the souls of atomic bomb victims during an early morning Mass at Urakami Cathedral on Aug. 9, 2012, the 67th anniversary of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki city.

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67th anniv. of atomic bombing of Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - Photo shows hands of high school students who formed a human chain at the park marking ground zero of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki city on Aug. 9, 2012, its 67th anniversary.

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67th anniv. of atomic bombing of Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - People pray for the repose of the souls of atomic bomb victims during an early morning Mass at Urakami Cathedral on Aug. 9, 2012, the 67th anniversary of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki city.

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67th anniv. of atomic bombing of Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - People pray for the repose of the souls of atomic bomb victims during an early morning Mass at Urakami Cathedral on Aug. 9, 2012, the 67th anniversary of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki city.

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Ex-U.S. President Truman's grandson meets A-bomb survivors

TOKYO, Japan - Clifton Truman Daniel (L), a grandson of former U.S. President Harry Truman, meets a survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, during a meeting at the University of Tokyo Komaba campus in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on Aug. 3, 2012. Daniel, the 55-year-old grandson of the president who ordered the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War II, is visiting Japan for the first time to take part in the annual peace ceremonies to be held in the two cities on Aug. 6 and Aug. 9, respectively.

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Ex-U.S. President Truman's grandson meets A-bomb survivors

TOKYO, Japan - Clifton Truman Daniel (R), a grandson of former U.S. President Harry Truman, listens to the tragic experience of a survivor (L) of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, during a meeting at the University of Tokyo Komaba campus in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on Aug. 3, 2012. Daniel, the 55-year-old grandson of the president who ordered the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War II, is visiting Japan for the first time to take part in the annual peace ceremonies to be held in the two cities on Aug. 6 and Aug. 9, respectively.

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Nagasaki's 66th anniversary of atomic bombing

NAGASAKI, Japan - The head of a Virgin Mary statue (front) destroyed in the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing leaves Peace Park in the city of Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 9, 2011, for a procession to commemorate the victims of the bombing on the 66th anniversary of the attack. Nagasaki's peace statue is seen in the background.

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Nagasaki peace statue cleaned

NAGASAKI, Japan - The Peace Statue in Nagasaki Peace Park is cleaned on July 16, 2011, ahead of the anniversary of the Aug. 9, 1945, U.S. atomic bombing of the city.

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Mass for 65th anniv. of Nagasaki A-bombing

NAGASAKI, Japan - Girls pray for peace during a memorial mass at Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki on the night of Aug. 9, 2010. The city marked the 65th anniversary of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing on the day.

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Paper cranes for Nagasaki A-bombing memorial

NAGASAKI, Japan - A girl carries paper cranes symbolizing hopes for world peace during a memorial mass at Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki on the night of Aug. 9, 2010. The city marked the 65th anniversary of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing on the day.

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U.N. chief in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (L), flanked by Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue (R), waves to people during a visit to Nagasaki on Aug. 5, 2010. The city in southwestern Japan was the target of a U.S. atomic bomb on Aug. 9, 1945.

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U.N. chief in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon gives a press conference at Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki on Aug. 5, 2010. The city in southwestern Japan was the target of a U.S. atomic bomb on Aug. 9, 1945. Seen behind Ban is the head of a Virgin Mary statue destroyed in the attack.

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U.N. chief in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (L) smiles as he is given a wreath of paper cranes from children in Nagasaki on Aug. 5, 2010. The city in southwestern Japan was the target of a U.S. atomic bomb on Aug. 9, 1945.

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Peace lanterns on Nagasaki river

NAGASAKI, Japan - Children look at lanterns bearing the images of the Peace Statue in Nagasaki Peace Park on the bank of the Urakami River in Nagasaki on Aug. 9. People released lanterns on the river in memory of victims of the U.S. atomic bomb attack on the southwestern Japan city on Aug. 9, 1945.