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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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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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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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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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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 - 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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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.

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Peace lanterns on Nagasaki river

NAGASAKI, Japan - Lanterns are released on the Urakami River in Nagasaki in memory of victims of the U.S. atomic bomb attack on the southwestern Japan city on Aug. 9, 1945.

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S. Korean A-bomb survivor who sought unpaid medical fees dies

TOKYO, Japan - Lee Kang Young (photo), a South Korean atomic bomb survivor who filed a lawsuit in Japan over unpaid medical allowances, died on July 11 in a hospital in Busan, South Korea. He was 78. Lee, born in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, was exposed to radiation in the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 1945, while he was working there as a forced laborer. This photo was taken in February, 2003.

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Nagasaki ordered to pay funeral fees for overseas A-bomb survivor

NAGASAKI, Japan - Family members of Choi Gye Chol, a South Korean atomic-bomb survivor who died at age 78 in a hospital in Busan, South Korea, last July 25, stand in front of the Nagasaki District Court on March 8 before entering the court to hear a ruling on their claim that the Nagasaki city government should pay Choi's funeral expenses. Choi was exposed to radiation when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 1945, in World War II.

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Wall clock donated to Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum

NAGASAKI, Japan - A woman in the city of Nagasaki has donated a wall clock (in photo) that stopped at the moment of the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki at around 11:02 a.m. on Aug. 9, 1945, to the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum, museum officials said on Oct. 12. The clock, which has almost no scratches or cracks, was in her home at the time of the explosion. The home was located some 5 kilometers from the center of the blast.

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Blast from U.S. atomic bombing on Nagasaki destroys gas tank

NAGASAKI, Japan - This file photo shows a gas tank in Ohashi, Nagasaki City, that collapsed in the blast from the U.S. atomic bombing. The tank was located 1 kilometer from the epicenter. The photo was taken on Aug. 9, 1945.

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Scientists measure radiation in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - This file photo shows scientists measuring radiation in Hiroshima City after the U.S. atomic bombing. The photo was taken on Aug. 9, 1945

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Nagasaki in ruins

NAGASAKI, Japan - This file photo shows Nagasaki City in ruins after the U.S. atomic bombing. The photo was taken on Aug. 9, 1945.

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Scientists measure radiation in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - This file photo shows scientists measuring radiation in Hiroshima City after the U.S. atomic bombing. The photo was taken on Aug. 9, 1945.

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Nagasaki in ruins

NAGASAKI, Japan - This file photo shows Nagasaki City in ruins after the U.S. atomic bombing. The photo was taken on Aug. 9, 1945.

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A-bombed statue of Virgin Mary shown at culture festival

NAGOYA, Japan - A charred statute of the Virgin Mary is on display at a cultural festival at Nanzan High School in Nagoya on Sept. 28. The 2-meter-high Italian-made wooden statute was installed at Urakami Chatholic Church in Nagasaki in 1929, and was damaged during the U.S. atomic bombing of the city on Aug. 9, 1945. The remaining head section is usually kept at the church.

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Nagasaki victims' list ritual ahead of A-bomb anniversary

NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki city government officials lay out in front of a statue of a peace memorial park on July 23 booklets containing the 124,191 names of those who died as a result of the atomic bombing of the city on Aug. 9, 1945. The ''mushiboshi'' ritual, in which the booklets are exposed to the sun, takes place every year ahead of the anniversary on Aug. 9 of the atomic bombing,

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Nagasaki A-bomb museum visitors top 5 mil.

NAGASAKI, Japan - Toshimitsu Makino (L), a Tokyo company executive, on May 18 becomes the 5-millionth visitor to the Atomic Bomb Museum in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, since its refurbishment in 1996. Makino received a bronze replica of the ''Nagasaki Bell,'' which survived the Aug. 9, 1945 atomic bombing of the city, and other memorial goods from museum head Toshitaka Sakata (R).

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Kiichi Miyazawa

Born Oct. 8, 1919 in Tokyo. Miyazawa is one of the few living politicians to have seen Japan emerge from the ruins after World War II to reach economic superpower status. He joined the Finance Ministry in 1942. After Japan surrendered to the Allied Powers in 1945, Miyazawa became a secretary to then Finance Minister Hayato Ikeda and attended the 1951 Japan-U.S. peace conference in San Francisco to help the minister as an interpreter. Miyazawa served as prime minister between Nov. 5, 1991 and Aug. 9, 1993 after holding various portfolios such as foreign minister, finance minister and chief cabinet secretary.

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Nagasaki A-bombed 10 minutes earlier than believed: expert

NAGASAKI, Japan - File photo shows the mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 1945. Shigeo Motoyama, a senior official of the Nagasaki Marine Observatory, said that judging by a steep jump in air pressure recorded by equipment located 4 kilometers from ground zero on the day of the bombing, the bomb could have been dropped at around 10:52 a.m., 10 minutes earlier than the current official time of 11:02 a.m.

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Nagasaki mourns death of 5,500 school A-bomb victims

NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki citizens mourn the death of about 5,500 pupils and teachers in the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the city in an annual ceremony at the city's Peace Hall on Aug. 1. Mourners offered a silent prayer at 11:02 a.m., the time the bomb exploded over the city on Aug. 9, 1945.

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Antinuke group protests U.S. sales of A-bomb souvenirs

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo shows the earring replicas of ''Little Boy'' (R) and ''Fat Man (L),'' the two atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Aug. 6 and Aug. 9, 1945, being sold as souvenirs at the U.S. National Atomic Museum. A Japanese antinuclear group accused the state-run museum Aug. 4 of insulting A-bomb victims for selling such goods.

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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."