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80th A-bomb anniversary

TINIAN, United States, Aug. 7 Kyodo - A ceremony is held on the Pacific island of Tinian on Aug. 6, 2025, to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, with a model of the "Little Boy" bomb on Hiroshima on display. The island, part of the U.S. territory of the Northern Mariana Islands, was the launching point for the U.S. bombers that dropped the bombs on the Japanese cities. (Kyodo)

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80th A-bomb anniversary

Atomic bomb survivor Masako Wada, assistant secretary general of 2024 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nihon Hidankyo, speaks during the annual Nobel Peace Conference and Festival at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo held on Aug. 6, 2025, to mark the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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80th A-bomb anniversary

Atomic bomb survivor Masako Wada (C), assistant secretary general of 2024 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nihon Hidankyo, takes part in an anti-nuke rally in front of the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo on Aug. 6, 2025, marking the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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80th A-bomb anniversary

Marylia Kelley, senior advisor for the Tri-Valley Communities Against a Radioactive Environment, speaks during an anti-nuke rally in front of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California, on Aug. 6, 2025, marking the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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80th A-bomb anniversary

Gyoshu Utsumi (C), Buddhist monk from Japan, chants a sutra during a memorial ceremony for the victims of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Aug. 6, 2025, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, marking the 80th anniversary of the bombings. Oak Ridge was home to several Manhattan Project facilities linked to the development of the bombs.

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80th A-bomb anniversary

A man prays during a memorial ceremony in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, on Aug. 6, 2025, marking the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Oak Ridge was home to several Manhattan Project facilities linked to the development of the bombs. Oak Ridge was home to several Manhattan Project facilities linked to the development of the bombs.

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80th A-bomb anniversary

People ring the "peace bell" during a memorial event for the victims of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at a park in Berlin on Aug. 6, 2025, marking the 80th anniversary of the bombings.

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80th A-bomb anniversary

A memorial event is held in Berlin on Aug. 6, 2025, to mark the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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80th A-bomb anniversary

Teku Nishimura, high school student from Hiroshima, speaks during a memorial event in Berlin on Aug. 6, 2025, to mark the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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80th A-bomb anniversary

A memorial service for the victims of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is held at Coventry Cathedral in central England on Aug. 6, 2025, marking the 80th anniversary of the bombings.

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80th A-bomb anniversary

People take pictures of paper cranes during a memorial service for the victims of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at Coventry Cathedral in central England on Aug. 6, 2025, marking the 80th anniversary of the bombings.

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80th A-bomb anniversary

Alexander Kmentt, director of the Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Department of the Austrian Foreign Ministry, speaks during an anti-nuclear weapons event in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 2025, the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of the western Japan city.

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80th A-bomb anniversary

An anti-nuclear weapons event is held in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 2025, on the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of the western Japan city.

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80th A-bomb anniversary

A woman throws a flower into the sea during a ceremony on the Pacific island of Tinian on Aug. 6, 2025, to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The island, part of the U.S. territory of the Northern Mariana Islands, was the launching point for the U.S. bombers that dropped the bombs on the Japanese cities.

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80th A-bomb anniversary

A ceremony is held on the Pacific island of Tinian on Aug. 6, 2025, to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, with a model of the "Little Boy" bomb on Hiroshima on display. The island, part of the U.S. territory of the Northern Mariana Islands, was the launching point for the U.S. bombers that dropped the bombs on the Japanese cities.

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80th A-bomb anniversary

Tinian Mayor Edwin Aldan (L) offers a wreath during a ceremony on the Pacific island of Tinian on Aug. 6, 2025, to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The island, part of the U.S. territory of the Northern Mariana Islands, was the launching point for the U.S. bombers that dropped the bombs on the Japanese cities.

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80th A-bomb anniversary

Tinian Mayor Edwin Aldan (L) offers a wreath during a ceremony on the Pacific island of Tinian on Aug. 6, 2025, to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The island, part of the U.S. territory of the Northern Mariana Islands, was the launching point for the U.S. bombers that dropped the bombs on the Japanese cities.

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80th A-bomb anniversary

Japanese Consul to Saipan Akiko Tejima delivers a speech during a ceremony on the Pacific island of Tinian on Aug. 6, 2025, to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The island, part of the U.S. territory of the Northern Mariana Islands, served as the launching point for the U.S. bombers that dropped the bombs on the Japanese cities.

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80th A-bomb anniversary

Tinian Mayor Edwin Aldan delivers a speech during a ceremony on the Pacific island of Tinian on Aug. 6, 2025, to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The island, part of the U.S. territory of the Northern Mariana Islands, served as the launching point for the U.S. bombers that dropped the bombs on the Japanese cities.

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A-bomb exhibition in Brazil

Atomic bomb survivor Toshie Shoji talks about her experiences in Hiroshima at Brazil's National Congress in Brasilia on Aug. 5, 2025, as it hosts a special exhibition on the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the tragedies on Aug. 6 and Aug. 9.

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A-bomb exhibition in Brazil

Atomic bomb survivor Toshie Shoji talks about her experiences in Hiroshima at Brazil's National Congress in Brasilia on Aug. 5, 2025, as it hosts a special exhibition on the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the tragedies on Aug. 6 and Aug. 9.

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A-bomb exhibition in Brazil

Atomic bomb survivor Toshie Shoji prays while talking about her experiences in Hiroshima at Brazil's National Congress in Brasilia on Aug. 5, 2025, as it hosts a special exhibition on the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the tragedies on Aug. 6 and Aug. 9.

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80th anniv. of Truman's A-bomb attack order

People attend a memorial ceremony in Potsdam on July 25, 2025, for the victims of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, marking the 80th anniversary of President Harry Truman's order for the nuclear attacks on Japan issued during his stay in the eastern German city.

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80th anniv. of Truman's A-bomb attack order

People attend a memorial ceremony in Potsdam on July 25, 2025, for the victims of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, marking the 80th anniversary of President Harry Truman's order for the nuclear attacks on Japan issued during his stay in the eastern German city.

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Nobel Peace Prize Forum in Oslo

Keiko Ogura (C) and Masao Tomonaga (R), survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively, attend the Nobel Peace Prize Forum in Oslo on Dec. 11, 2024, a day after Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors, was awarded the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize.

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Nobel Peace Prize Forum in Oslo

Keiko Ogura (C) and Masao Tomonaga (R), survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively, attend the Nobel Peace Prize Forum in Oslo on Dec. 11, 2024, a day after Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors, was awarded the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize.

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Nobel Peace Prize Forum in Oslo

Keiko Ogura (C) and Masao Tomonaga (R), survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively, attend the Nobel Peace Prize Forum in Oslo on Dec. 11, 2024, a day after Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors, was awarded the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize.

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Nobel Peace Prize exhibition in Oslo

A man holds up to look at a card made from one of the drawings of the aftermath of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Japanese cities drawn by the hibakusha, or atomic bomb survivors, and their families displayed at the Nobel Peace Prize exhibition at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway, on Dec. 9, 2024. The exhibition on Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors and winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, was unveiled to the media ahead of its public opening on Dec. 12

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Nobel Peace Prize exhibition in Oslo

A man looks at photos of the aftermath of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Japanese cities displayed at the Nobel Peace Prize exhibition at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway, on Dec. 9, 2024. The exhibition on Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors and winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, was unveiled to the media ahead of its public opening on Dec. 12.

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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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Kishida, Biden meet ahead of G7 gathering in Hiroshima amid protests, tightened security

STORY: Kishida, Biden meet ahead of G7 gathering in Hiroshima amid protests, tightened security DATELINE: May 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:12 LOCATION: HIROSHIMA, Japan CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Japan-U.S. talks 2. various of the protest 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): RYO MIYAHARA, Head of a Hiroshima citizens' group and one of the protests' organizers 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Japanese): AKAMINE CHIAKI, College student from Okinawa STORYLINE: Japanese and U.S. top leaders on Thursday met in Hiroshima prior to the larger gathering of Group of Seven (G7) nations, overshadowed by protests and a tense atmosphere. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who holds the G7's rotating presidency and will host a three-day G7 summit which starts Friday, held talks with U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday evening in the western Japanese city. Hiroshima, devastated by U.S. atomic bombings in 1945, has seen intense demonstrations decrying the bloc days before the summit, while police officers from all over the natio

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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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John Lennon's 1969 letter to Japan PM Sato

Photo taken in December 2022 shows a letter dated Dec. 17, 1969, sent from Beatles member John Lennon and his peace activist wife Yoko Ono to then Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato. In the letter, held by the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in Tokyo, the couple asked Sato to permit overseas release of an unedited scientific documentary film on the aftermath of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, taken one month after they occurred in August 1945.

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John Lennon's 1969 letter to Japan PM Sato

Photo taken in December 2022 shows a letter dated Dec. 17, 1969, sent from Beatles member John Lennon and his peace activist wife Yoko Ono to then Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato. In the letter, held by the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in Tokyo, the couple asked Sato to permit overseas release of an unedited scientific documentary film on the aftermath of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, taken one month after they occurred in August 1945.

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John Lennon's 1969 letter to Japan PM Sato

Photo taken in December 2022 shows a letter dated Dec. 17, 1969, sent from Beatles member John Lennon and his peace activist wife Yoko Ono to then Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato. In the letter, held by the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in Tokyo, the couple asked Sato to permit overseas release of an unedited scientific documentary film on the aftermath of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, taken one month after they occurred in August 1945.

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John Lennon's 1969 letter to Japan PM Sato

Photo taken in December 2022 shows a letter dated Dec. 17, 1969, sent from Beatles member John Lennon and his peace activist wife Yoko Ono to then Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato. In the letter, held by the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in Tokyo, the couple asked Sato to permit overseas release of an unedited scientific documentary film on the aftermath of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, taken one month after they occurred in August 1945.

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Online collection of A-bomb museums' items

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (C) cuts the ribbon during a ceremony with the Atomic Bomb Dome in the background in the city of Hiroshima on Aug. 19, 2013, as Internet search giant Google Inc. unveiled the same day an online collection of items displayed at museums in Hiroshima and Nagasaki documenting the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of the cities.

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U.S. envoy Roos

TOKYO, Japan - U.S Ambassador to Japan John Roos speaks in an interview with Kyodo News and other media at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Aug. 8, 2013. Roos said he has "no doubt" in the sincerity of President Barack Obama's words regarding the possibility of his visiting Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which suffered U.S. atomic bombings in World War II.

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Oliver Stone in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - U.S. film director Oliver Stone is interviewed by Kyodo News in Hiroshima on Aug. 5, 2013, during his trip to Japan to attend a series of peace events commemorating the 68th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Aug. 6 and 9.

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Stone, Kuznick in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo shows U.S. film director Oliver Stone (L) and historian Peter Kuznick being interviewed by Kyodo News in Hiroshima on Aug. 5, 2013. Stone and Kuznick are visiting Japan to attend a series of peace events commemorating the 68th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Aug. 6 and 9.

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Peter Kuznick in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - U.S. historian Peter Kuznick is interviewed by Kyodo News in Hiroshima on Aug. 5, 2013, during his trip to Japan to attend a series of peace events commemorating the 68th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Aug. 6 and 9.

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Voyage with antinuclear message

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Sayaka Takahashi from Ishinomaki, one of the cities most severely damaged by the 2011 tsunami in northeastern Japan, speaks before departing aboard a ship from Yokohama port on July 18, 2013. Survivors of the 1945 U.S atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and of the 2011 disaster, including Takahashi, departed on an 85-day around-the-world voyage organized by Tokyo-based nongovernmental organization Peace Boat, to share their experiences and advocate the abolition of nuclear power and weapons.

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Voyage with antinuclear message

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Shigeko Sasamori, who survived the 1945 U.S atomic bombing of Hiroshima at age 13, speaks before departing aboard a ship from Yokohama port on July 18, 2013. Survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, including Sasamori, and of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, departed on an 85-day around-the-world voyage organized by Tokyo-based nongovernmental organization Peace Boat, to share their experiences and advocate the abolition of nuclear power and weapons.

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Voyage with antinuclear message

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Participants of an 85-day voyage around the world, organized by Tokyo-based nongovernmental organization Peace Boat, pose for photos before departing from Yokohama port on July 18, 2013. Survivors of the 1945 U.S atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan are among the participants of the voyage to share their experiences and advocate the abolition of nuclear power and weapons.

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Voyage with antinuclear message

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A ship departs on an 85-day voyage around the world from Yokohama port on July 18, 2013. Survivors of the 1945 U.S atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan are among the participants of the voyage, organized by Tokyo-based nongovernmental organization Peace Boat, to share their experiences and advocate the abolition of nuclear power and weapons.

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A-bomb survivors speak in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Clifton Truman Daniel, the grandson of former U.S. President Harry S. Truman who ordered the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, speaks during an event at Brooklyn Friends School in New York on April 29, 2013.

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Hiroshima, Nagasaki mayors call for Obama to visit

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (R) and Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue answer reporters' questions in Tokyo on Nov. 14, 2012, after meeting with U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos at the U.S. Embassy. They handed Roos a letter addressed to recently reelected U.S. President Barack Obama, calling for Obama to visit the cities that suffered atomic bombings in World War II.

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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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Truman's grandson in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - Clifton Truman Daniel, a grandson of former U.S. President Harry Truman who ordered the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, offers flowers at the cenotaph marking ground zero at Nagasaki Peace Park on Aug. 7, 2012. Daniel is visiting Japan for the first time to take part in the annual peace ceremonies in the two cities.