International peace conference in Rome

International peace conference in Rome

Hiroshima atomic bomb survivors Koko Kondo, 80, (R) and Toshiko Tanaka, 87, pose for a photo after attending an international conference on peace in Rome on Oct. 28, 2025.

International peace conference in Rome

International peace conference in Rome

Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor Koko Kondo (front row, L), 80, attends an international conference on peace alongside Pope Leo XIV (front row, R) in Rome on Oct. 28, 2025.

Peace mural on Hiroshima airport exterior wall

MIHARA, Japan, Oct. 16 Kyodo - Mexican sibling artists Adry del Rocio and Carlos Alberto pose for a photo with Toshiyuki Mimaki , a representative of Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors and winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, on Oct. 15, 2025, at a ceremony marking the completion of a mural depicting a world free of nuclear weapons, on an exterior wall of Hiroshima airport's terminal building in Mihra, Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan. (Kyodo)

Peace mural on Hiroshima airport exterior wall

Peace mural on Hiroshima airport exterior wall

Mexican sibling artists Adry del Rocio (7th from R) and Carlos Alberto (5th from R) pose for a photo with Toshiyuki Mimaki (6th from R), a representative of Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors and winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, on Oct. 15, 2025, at a ceremony marking the completion of a mural depicting a world free of nuclear weapons, on an exterior wall of Hiroshima airport's terminal building in Mihra, Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan.

Nihon Hidankyo co-chair Tanaka in Aomori Pref.

Nihon Hidankyo co-chair Tanaka in Aomori Pref.

Terumi Tanaka, co-chair of 2024 Nobel Peace Prize winner Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors, delivers a speech in Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 27, 2025.

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (C) and their daughter, Princess Aiko, meet an atomic bomb survivor at Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 12, 2025. (Pool photo)

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, meet atomic bomb survivors at a care facility for hibakusha in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 13, 2025.

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, meet atomic bomb survivors at a care facility for hibakusha in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 13, 2025.

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, meet atomic bomb survivors at a care facility for hibakusha in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 13, 2025.

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, meet atomic bomb survivors at a care facility for hibakusha in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 13, 2025.

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, meet atomic bomb survivors at a care facility for hibakusha in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 13, 2025.

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, meet atomic bomb survivors at a care facility for hibakusha in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 13, 2025.

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, meet atomic bomb survivors at a care facility for hibakusha in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 13, 2025.

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, visit a care facility for atomic bomb survivors in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 13, 2025. (Pool photo)

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, offer flowers at a cenotaph for atomic bomb victims at ground zero in the Nagasaki Peace Park in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 12, 2025.

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, offer flowers at a cenotaph for atomic bomb victims at ground zero in the Nagasaki Peace Park in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 12, 2025.

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, offer flowers at a cenotaph for atomic bomb victims at ground zero in the Nagasaki Peace Park in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 12, 2025.

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, offer flowers at a cenotaph for atomic bomb victims at ground zero in the Nagasaki Peace Park in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 12, 2025.

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, offer flowers at a cenotaph for atomic bomb victims at ground zero in the Nagasaki Peace Park in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 12, 2025.

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, offer flowers at a cenotaph for atomic bomb victims at ground zero in the Nagasaki Peace Park in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 12, 2025.

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, offer flowers at a cenotaph for atomic bomb victims at ground zero in the Nagasaki Peace Park in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 12, 2025.

Total lunar eclipse

Total lunar eclipse

A total lunar eclipse is seen above the Atomic Bomb Dome in the western Japan city of Hiroshima on Sept. 8, 2025.

A-bomb exhibition begins in Osaka

A-bomb exhibition begins in Osaka

Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura (2nd from R) and Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (far R) attend a tape-cutting ceremony on the first day of an exhibition on the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the Osaka International Peace Center in the western Japan city on Aug. 22, 2025. Twenty-six items provided by the Hiroshima and Nagasaki A-bomb museums are on display at the event, which is being held until Dec. 27 to mark the 80th anniversary of the tragedy.

A-bomb exhibition begins in Osaka

A-bomb exhibition begins in Osaka

Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura (front, R) visits an exhibition on the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on its first day at the Osaka International Peace Center in the western Japan city on Aug. 22, 2025. Twenty-six items provided by the Hiroshima and Nagasaki A-bomb museums are on display at the event, which is being held until Dec. 27 to mark the 80th anniversary of the tragedy.

A-bomb exhibition begins in Osaka

A-bomb exhibition begins in Osaka

An exhibition on the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki begins at the Osaka International Peace Center in the western Japan city on Aug. 22, 2025. Twenty-six items provided by the Hiroshima and Nagasaki A-bomb museums are on display at the event, which is being held until Dec. 27 to mark the 80th anniversary of the tragedy.

[Breaking News]Hiroshima ahead of 80th A-bomb anniversary

HIROSHIMA, Japan, Aug. 6 Kyodo - Video shows the World Heritage-listed Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima on Aug. 5, 2025, the eve of the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city. (Kyodo)

80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan, Aug. 9 Kyodo - Doves are released during a memorial ceremony held at Peace Park in Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2025, to mark the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city in World War II. (Kyodo)

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)

[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)

[Breaking News]80th anniversary of U.S. atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan, Aug. 6 Kyodo - People pray before the cenotaph at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima in the early hours of Aug. 6, 2025, the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bomb attack on the western Japan city. (Kyodo)

A-bomb exhibition at Battleship Missouri Memorial

A-bomb exhibition at Battleship Missouri Memorial

Sadae Kasaoka, 92, an atomic bomb survivor, talks about her experience in Hiroshima during an interview to the media on the first day of a special exhibition on the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the Battleship Missouri Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Aug. 12, 2025. The exhibition, displaying items from the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bomb museums, will run until Feb. 28, 2026.

80th A-bomb anniversary in Hiroshima

80th A-bomb anniversary in Hiroshima

A streetcar passes by the World Heritage-listed Atomic Bomb Dome (back, R) in Hiroshima on Aug. 13, 2025, following the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city on Aug. 6.

80th A-bomb anniversary in Hiroshima

80th A-bomb anniversary in Hiroshima

A streetcar passes by the World Heritage-listed Atomic Bomb Dome (back, R) in Hiroshima on Aug. 13, 2025, following the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city on Aug. 6.

A-bomb exhibition at Battleship Missouri Memorial

A-bomb exhibition at Battleship Missouri Memorial

A visitor looks at items related to the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the first day of a special exhibition at the Battleship Missouri Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Aug. 12, 2025. The exhibition, displaying items from the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bomb museums, will run until Feb. 28, 2026.

A-bomb exhibition at Battleship Missouri Memorial

A-bomb exhibition at Battleship Missouri Memorial

Sadae Kasaoka, 92, an atomic bomb survivor, talks about her experience in Hiroshima on the first day of a special exhibition on the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the Battleship Missouri Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Aug. 12, 2025. The exhibition, displaying items from the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bomb museums, will run until Feb. 28, 2026.

Peace event at World Exposition in Osaka

Peace event at World Exposition in Osaka

Hiroshi Kanamoto, a representative director of Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors and winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, talks about his experience in Hiroshima during a peace event at the World Exposition in Osaka on Aug. 12, 2025. (Pool photo)

Peace event at World Exposition in Osaka

Peace event at World Exposition in Osaka

Hiroshi Kanamoto (far L), a representative director of Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors and winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, talks about his experience in Hiroshima during a peace event at the World Exposition in Osaka on Aug. 12, 2025. (Pool photo)

Peace event at World Exposition in Osaka

Peace event at World Exposition in Osaka

Koko Kondo, 80, an atomic bomb survivor, talks about her experience in Hiroshima during a peace event at the World Exposition in Osaka on Aug. 12, 2025. (Pool photo)

Princesses visit Hiroshima

Princesses visit Hiroshima

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (back, C) and her daughter, Princess Kako (back, R), visit a nursing home for atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima on Aug. 11, 2025, following the 80th anniversary on Aug. 6 of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

Princesses visit Hiroshima

Princesses visit Hiroshima

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (back, C) and her daughter, Princess Kako (back, R), visit a nursing home for atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima on Aug. 11, 2025, following the 80th anniversary on Aug. 6 of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city. (Pool photo)

Japan: Sirens Mark 80 Years Since Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki

Nagasaki marked 80 years on Saturday, August 9, since the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on the city, holding its annual ceremony at Peace Park, located near the hypocenter. At 11:02 a.m., the time of the bombing, bells and sirens rang out across the city in tribute to the victims.

80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Waleed Siam, representative of the Permanent General Mission of Palestine in Japan, prepares to lay flowers at the park marking the hypocenter of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 8, 2025, the eve of the 80th anniversary of the attack in World War II.

80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

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.

80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

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.

80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (far R) receives a list of demands from representatives of groups of atomic bomb survivors in Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2025, after attending a memorial ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city in World War II.

80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (far, L) receives a list of demands from representatives of groups of atomic bomb survivors in Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2025, after attending a memorial ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city in World War II. (Pool photo)

80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (back, R) meets with representatives of groups of atomic bomb survivors on Aug. 9, 2025, after attending a memorial ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki in World War II.

80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (2nd from L) visits Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum on Aug. 9, 2025, after attending a memorial ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city in World War II. (Pool photo)

80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (2nd from L) visits Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum on Aug. 9, 2025, after attending a memorial ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city in World War II. (Pool photo)

Japan: Nagasaki Observes 80th Anniversary of Atomic Bombing at Peace Park

Nagasaki marked 80 years on Saturday, August 9, since the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on the city, holding its annual ceremony at Peace Park, located near the hypocenter. At 11:02 a.m., the time of the bombing, bells and sirens rang out in tribute to the victims, followed by a minute of silence to pray for lasting peace.