FOCUS: Japan at Nuclear Crossroads 80 Yrs After A-Bombings as Survivors Age
JAPAN, AUG 9 – Survivors now average 86 years old as nuclear weapon states continue modernization, with 94 nations signing the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, 73 ratifying it by 2024.
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FOCUS: Japan at nuclear crossroads 80 yrs after A-bombings as survivors age
Eighty years after the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan faces with growing urgency the question of how to carry forward the moral voice for ridding the world of nuclear weapons as generational memory fades and nuclear risks rise amid the advancement of technology.
Legacy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Nuclear Attacks Continues to Be Felt Eighty Years Later - CovertAction Magazine
Dedicated peace activists are committed to abolishing nuclear weapons amidst looming threat of nuclear war [Below is a speech given by Colonel Ann Wright at the 2025 World Conference Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs in Hiroshima on August 3, 2025. August 6th was the 80th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima […] The post Legacy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Nuclear Attacks Continues to Be Felt Eighty Years Later first appear…
The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki remains a horrifying memory for humanity. It served to put an end in the Pacific to the World War that had ended in Europe in May. The cost, as always, was paid by the people and, paraphrasing Professor Carlos Guerón, human beings have discovered that the pretexts for killing us are not exclusively ideological.
80 years after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the nuclear incident is returning to international relations in force. In mid-July, France is alarmed at the fact that a number of current conflicts bear witness to this dangerous development, which is accompanied by a change in nuclear doctrine and the proliferation of atomic weapons.
80 years ago, the world witnessed unprecedented devastation. In December 1941, the United States Congress declared war on Japan in the wake of that country’s surprise attack at Pearl Harbor. On August 6, 1945, President Harry S. Truman authorized the dropping of atomic bombs, first on Hiroshima and three days later, on August 9, in Nagasaki. In just seconds, thousands of lives were wiped out and hundreds of thousands more were marked by radiatio…
80 years since Hiroshima and Nagasaki — time for a nuclear-free world for a peaceful, sustainable future
Sam Annesley, Executive Director at Greenpeace Japan.6 Aug 2025 ,https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/77462/80-years-since-hiroshima-and-nagasaki-time-for-a-nuclear-free-world-for-a-peaceful-sustainable-future/ This year marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. First, I would like to express my deepest condolences to all those who lost their lives as a result of the atomic bombings, and to those who…
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