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80th anniversary of U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui reads out a peace declaration during a ceremony at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 2025, marking the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city.

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Hiroshima marks 62nd anniversary of atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba reads out his Peace Declaration during a ceremony to mark the 62nd anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city toward the end of World War II at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima.

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Hiroshima marks 72nd A-bomb anniversary with eyes on nuke ban treaty

HIROSHIMA, Japan, Aug. 6 Kyodo - Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui reads out the Peace Declaration at a ceremony marking the 72nd anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city in its Peace Memorial Park on Aug. 6, 2017.

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Hiroshima marks 69th anniversary of atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui reads the peace declaration during a ceremony at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 2014, marking the 69th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city.

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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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Hiroshima mayor releases outline of peace declaration

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui releases on Aug. 1, 2014, at the city office the outline of a peace declaration to be issued on Aug. 6 to commemorate the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. He will refrain from touching on the subject of collective self-defense.

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Contents of Hiroshima peace declaration discussed

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (standing) speaks at a meeting to discuss the contents for this year's peace declaration to be read out on Aug. 6, on July 14, 2014, at the city hall in Hiroshima, western Japan.

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Panel discusses Peace Declaration content for 'A Bomb Day'

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Members of a panel gather in Hiroshima, western Japan, on April 8, 2014, to discuss the content of the Peace Declaration to be issued on Aug. 6 designated as the annual "Atomic Bomb Day" anniversary.

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Hiroshima peace memorial

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui reads the peace declaration during a ceremony at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 2013, marking the 68th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city.

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Hiroshima mayor

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui speaks in a press conference at the city hall in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Aug. 1, 2013. He unveiled the gist of the city's peace declaration that he will read out on Aug. 6 at a ceremony marking the 68th anniversary of the city's atomic bombing.

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Hiroshima marks 67th anniversary of U.S. nuclear attack

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui reads out the Peace Declaration during an annual peace ceremony at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in the city of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 2012, the 67th anniversary of the U.S. nuclear attack on the western Japan city.

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Nobel Peace laureates gathering in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Former South African President Frederik Willem de Klerk (2nd from R) speaks with other participants, including exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama (L), at the 11th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Hiroshima on Nov. 13, 2010. Participants are expected to come up with a declaration for nuclear abolition at the end of the summit.

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Nobel Peace laureates gathering in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Nobel Peace winners attend the 11th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates on Nov. 12, 2010, at a Hiroshima hotel. Participants are expected to come up with a declaration for abolishing nuclear weapons at the conclusion of the meeting, which opened on the day and runs through Nov. 14.

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Hiroshima Peace Declaration

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba presents the Hiroshima Peace Declaration during a ceremony on Aug. 6, 2010, to mark the 65th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

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Hiroshima to urge Japan to withdraw from U.S. nuclear umbrella

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba unveils in Hiroshima on Aug. 2, 2010, an outline of the peace declaration he will deliver in an upcoming annual ceremony to commemorate the 1945 atomic bombing of the city on Aug. 6.

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Hiroshima marks 64th anniversary of 1945 U.S. atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba reads the Peace Declaration at a ceremony marking the 64th anniversary of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing at Peace Memorial Park on Aug. 6.

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Hiroshima mayor to seek support for Obama nuclear initiative

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba speaks at a press conference at the city office on Aug. 3. Akiba said he will express support for U.S. President Barack Obama's call for a nuclear-free world in a peace declaration on the anniversary of the atomic bombing on Aug. 6.

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Hiroshima marks 63rd anniversary of atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba reads a Peace Declaration during a memorial service marking the 63rd anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing during World War II at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Aug. 6.

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Hiroshima marks 61st anniversary of atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba reads a Peace Declaration as the city marks the 61st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing on Aug. 6. Akiba called on all nations to ''faithfully'' engage in nuclear disarmament negotiations.

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Akiba to call for global movement toward nuke-free world

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba, at the city office on Aug. 2, briefs reporters on the gist of the Peace Declaration he will read out on Aug. 6 at a ceremony marking the 61st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city.

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Hiroshima marks 60th anniversary of U.S. atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba reads out a peace declaration during a memorial service at the packed Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Aug. 6 to mark the 60th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city in 1945.

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Hiroshima to urge U.N. to set up nuke disarmament panel

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba (R) outlines the Peace Declaration to reporters at the Hiroshima city government office on Aug. 3. Akiba will deliver the declaration on Aug. 6 at a ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city.

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

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Primary school students Saki Kawada (L) and Koya Yurino (R) read a declaration for peace at 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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(6)Hiroshima marks 59th anniversary of U.S. atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba aired concern over the ''egocentric worldview'' of the United States and moves in Japan to revise the antiwar Constitution in his annual Peace Declaration Aug. 6 to mark the 59th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city.

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(4)Hiroshima observes 58th anniversary of U.S. atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba reads out an annual Peace Declaration during a ceremony at Peace Memorial Park in the city on Aug. 6 to mark the 58th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing during World War II.

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(8)Hiroshima marks 57th anniversary of atomic-bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba delivers a peace declaration at a ceremony marking the 57th anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Aug. 6 at the Peace Memorial Park in the western Japan city. In the declaration, Akiba vowed to do his utmost ''to create a century of peace and humanity.''

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Hiroshima mayor reads out peace declaration

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba reads out an annual peace declaration Aug. 6 at a ceremony marking the 55th anniversary of the city's atomic bombing, held at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park.

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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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77th A-bomb anniversary in Hiroshima

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui reads out the Peace Declaration during a ceremony marking the 77th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 2022, at the Peace Memorial Park in the Japanese city.

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Hiroshima marks 61st anniversary of atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba reads a Peace Declaration as the city marks the 61st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing on Aug. 6. Akiba called on all nations to ''faithfully'' engage in nuclear disarmament negotiations. (Kyodo)

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

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Primary school students Saki Kawada (L) and Koya Yurino (R) read a declaration for peace at 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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Hiroshima mayor reads out peace declaration

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba reads out an annual peace declaration Aug. 6 at a ceremony marking the 55th anniversary of the city's atomic bombing, held at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park.

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Hiroshima marks 70th anniv. of atomic bombing

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui reads out the "Peace Declaration" during a memorial ceremony at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 2015, marking the 70th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city. Matsui urged world leaders to renew their resolve to abolish nuclear weapons and pursue peace as embodied in Japan's war-renouncing Constitution. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hiroshima mayor speaks to panel drafting annual peace statement for 2015

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui speaks to a panel tasked with drawing up an annual peace declaration for this year during a meeting in the western Japanese city on July 21, 2015. The mayor will read the declaration on Aug. 6 when Hiroshima marks the 70th anniversary of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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75th A-bomb anniversary in Hiroshima

Elementary school students Shunsuke Omori (L) and Natsumi Nagakura make a peace declaration at a ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima at Peace Memorial Park in the western Japan city on Aug. 6, 2020.

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Hiroshima marks 63rd anniversary of atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba reads a Peace Declaration during a memorial service marking the 63rd anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing during World War II at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Aug. 6. (Kyodo)

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Hiroshima marks 62nd anniversary of atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba reads out his Peace Declaration during a ceremony to mark the 62nd anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city toward the end of World War II at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima. (Kyodo)

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Hiroshima marks 60th anniversary of U.S. atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba reads out a peace declaration during a memorial service at the packed Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Aug. 6 to mark the 60th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city in 1945. (Kyodo)

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Akiba to call for global movement toward nuke-free world

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba, at the city office on Aug. 2, briefs reporters on the gist of the Peace Declaration he will read out on Aug. 6 at a ceremony marking the 61st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city. (Kyodo)

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Hiroshima to urge U.N. to set up nuke disarmament panel

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba (R) outlines the Peace Declaration to reporters at the Hiroshima city government office on Aug. 3. Akiba will deliver the declaration on Aug. 6 at a ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city. (Kyodo)

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Hiroshima Peace Declaration

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba presents the Hiroshima Peace Declaration during a ceremony on Aug. 6, 2010, to mark the 65th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima. (Kyodo)

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Hiroshima to urge Japan to withdraw from U.S. nuclear umbrella

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba unveils in Hiroshima on Aug. 2, 2010, an outline of the peace declaration he will deliver in an upcoming annual ceremony to commemorate the 1945 atomic bombing of the city on Aug. 6. (Kyodo)

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Hiroshima marks 69th anniversary of atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui reads the peace declaration during a ceremony at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 2014, marking the 69th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city. (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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Contents of Hiroshima peace declaration discussed

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (standing) speaks at a meeting to discuss the contents for this year's peace declaration to be read out on Aug. 6, on July 14, 2014, at the city hall in Hiroshima, western Japan. (Kyodo)

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Nobel Peace laureates gathering in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Former South African President Frederik Willem de Klerk (2nd from R) speaks with other participants, including exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama (L), at the 11th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Hiroshima on Nov. 13, 2010. Participants are expected to come up with a declaration for nuclear abolition at the end of the summit. (Kyodo)

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Nobel Peace laureates gathering in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Nobel Peace winners attend the 11th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates on Nov. 12, 2010, at a Hiroshima hotel. Participants are expected to come up with a declaration for abolishing nuclear weapons at the conclusion of the meeting, which opened on the day and runs through Nov. 14. (Kyodo)

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Hiroshima marks 73rd A-bomb anniversary

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui reads out the Peace Declaration at a ceremony marking the 73rd anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hiroshima mayor to urge gov't to act on nuke ban treaty

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui reads aloud the outline of a peace declaration during a press conference at the municipal government in the city on Aug. 1, 2017. The declaration, which urges the Japanese government to act on the nuclear weapons ban treaty, will be issued at the peace memorial ceremony on Aug. 6, the 72nd anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hiroshima marks 71st anniv. of atomic bombing

Photo taken Aug. 6, 2016, shows the Peace Memorial Park in the western Japan city of Hiroshima, which marked the 71st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing. In a Peace Declaration, Hiroshima Mayor called on world leaders to follow up U.S. President Barack Obama's historic visit to the western Japan city with trips of their own and to do more to abolish nuclear weapons. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo