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Nagasaki marks 80th A-bomb anniversary

Nagasaki marks 80th A-bomb anniversary as survivors put hopes of nuclear ban in the hands of youth

The southern Japanese city of Nagasaki on Saturday marked 80 years since the U.S. atomic attack that killed tens of thousands and left survivors who hope their harrowing memories can help make their hometown the last place on Earth to be hit by a nuclear bomb.

Reuters on MSN · 2d

Nagasaki mayor warns of nuclear war as city marks 80 years since A-bomb

NAGASAKI, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Thousands bowed their heads in prayer in Nagasaki on Saturday to mark the 80th anniversary of the city's atomic bombing, as the mayor warned that current global conflicts could push the world again into nuclear war.

The Seattle Times · 1d

80 years after atomic bombing, Nagasaki and Tri-Cities forever linked

At 11:02 a.m. Aug. 9, 1945, from 1,650 feet above Nagasaki, “Fat Man,” an atomic bomb fueled with Hanford site plutonium, was dropped.

Powerful AP photos show the scars of a survivor of the Nagasaki atomic bombing

On the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, The Associated Press is republishing the extraordinary ...

The Independent2d

Nagasaki’s bells ring for the first time in 80 years

Nagasaki commemorated the 80th anniversary of the US atomic attack with twin cathedral bells ringing in unison in Nagasaki for the first time in 80 years. The atomic bomb dropped by the United ...

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How the WWII US atomic bombing of Nagasaki scarred Japan’s young ...

Eighty years after the US bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, aging survivors — some more than 100 years old — reveal the shame and stigma they endured as young women of childbearing age.

New York Post2d

Nagasaki mayor warns city of nuclear war, 80 years since A-bomb

The Japanese city was hit on August 9, 1945, when the United States dropped a 10,000-pound plutonium-239 bomb, instantly killing some 27,000 of Nagasaki’s estimated 200,000 people.