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Doves fly past the 'Peace Statue' in Nagasaki, Japan, after being released into the air during the 80th annual memorial for the US nuclear bombing of the city in World War II, August 9, 2025. (JIJI PRESS / AFP)
August 9, 2025, 12:40 pm
Israeli envoy attends Nagasaki 80th atom bomb anniversary, a year after Gaza war snub
Memorial for US atomic bombing of Japanese city during WWII attended by representatives from some 100 countries, amid prayers for global peace, nuclear weapons ban
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Tomoyuki Mimaki, representative director of the Nihon Hidankyo, attends a press conference after the group was awarded the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, in Hiroshima on October 11, 2024. (JIJI PRESS / AFP)
October 11, 2024, 9:02 pm
Japan’s Nihon Hidankyo group wins Nobel Peace Prize for work against nuclear weapons
Award comes as Russia has signaled it is lowering its threshold for using atomic weapons; committee says ‘taboo against the use of nuclear weapons is under pressure’
By Mike Corder and Elena Becatoros
Doves fly over the Peace Statue during a ceremony to mark the 79th anniversary of the US atomic bombing at the Peace Park in Nagasaki, southern Japan Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. (Japan Pool/Kyodo News via AP)
August 9, 2024, 10:05 pm
Nagasaki marks A-bomb anniversary without US and other envoys after excluding Israel
Six Western ambassadors skip the event, attending an alternative Tokyo ceremony, after mayor leaves Jewish state out of proceedings
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Eighty-five-year-old atomic bombing survivor Takeko Kudo (3rd L) and other representatives observe a moment of silence at the time of the bombing at 11:02 am during a peace memorial ceremony at an indoor facility due to approaching Typhoon Khanun in Nagasaki, Nagasaki prefecture on August 9, 2023, as the city marks the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombing during World War II. (Photo by JAPAN POOL / JIJI Press / AFP) / Japan OUT / JAPAN OUT
August 7, 2024, 5:39 pm
Western ambassadors pull out of Nagasaki memorial after Israel not invited
Slamming Japanese mayor’s ‘politicization’ of event, US and British embassies say they’ll send lower-ranking diplomats; Australia, Italy, Canada and EU slated to follow suit
By AFP and ToI Staff
World leaders in Hiroshima, western Japan Sunday, May 21, 2023, on the sidelines of the G7 summit. (Takashi Aoyama/Pool Photo via AP)
July 20, 2024, 6:47 pm
Hiroshima dismisses calls to disinvite Israel from atomic bomb commemorations
Some activists and survivors say it’s a double standard to invite Israel after disinviting Russia and Belarus, but others support the presence of nations at war
By ToI Staff
File: Rep. Tim Walberg speaks about the USMCA trade deal at a Dana plant in Warren, Michigan, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
April 2, 2024, 3:49 am
US congressman denies calling to nuke Gaza after urging Hiroshima-like tactics
Rep. Tim Walberg argues he ‘used a metaphor to convey the need for both Israel and Ukraine to win their wars as swiftly as possible, without putting American troops in harm’s way’
By Ron Kampeas
Museum director Kurt Graham leads a tour of the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, in Independence, Missouri, June 9, 2021. (Charlie Riedel/AP)
June 29, 2021, 8:41 am
Reimagined Harry Truman presidential library highlights Israel recognition
After major refurbishment, new exhibit set to open next month will show US president’s legacy beyond A-bombing
By MARGARET STAFFORD
A man and his daughter pray for the victims of US atomic bombing at the Atomic Bomb Hypocenter Park in Nagasaki, southern Japan, August 9, 2020 (Takuto Kaneko/Kyodo News via AP)
August 9, 2020, 11:13 am
Nagasaki urges nuke ban on 75th anniversary of US atomic bombing
Mayor of Japanese city bombed by US at end of World War II raises concern that nuclear states have retreated from disarmament efforts
By Mari Yamaguchi
US President Donald Trump speaks during a rally for Alabama Republican Senator Luther Strange in Huntsville, Alabama, on September 22, 2017. (AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowski)
October 6, 2017, 5:31 pm
Trump presidency makes people worried about nuclear arms, Nobel winners say
Japanese survivors of Hiroshima, Nagasaki welcome peace prize award for ICAN, urge greater cooperation in bid to rid world of nukes
By AFP
Nuclear disarmament group ICAN executive director Beatrice Fihn (L) and member of the steering committee Grethe Ostern celebrate with champagne after ICAN won the Nobel Peace Prize for its decade-long campaign to rid the world of the atomic bomb as nuclear-fueled crises swirl over North Korea and Iran, on October 6, 2017 in Geneva. (AFP/Fabrice Coffrini)
October 6, 2017, 2:34 pm
Nobel winners say ‘moment is now’ to ban nuclear weapons
Disarmament group ICAN dedicates prize to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, says ‘all nations should reject these weapons completely’
By AFP
US President Barack Obama hugs a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial park cenotaph in Hiroshima on May 27, 2016. (AFP Photo/Johannes Eisele)
May 27, 2016, 12:36 pm
In Hiroshima, Obama urges world free of nuclear weapons
On historic visit, US president pays tribute to victims, but does not apologize; says 1945 bombing ‘demonstrated that mankind possessed the means to destroy itself’
By Nancy Benac and Foster Klug
The title photo of a mushroom cloud from one of the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan in August 1945, which was shown at the time during a briefing to a group of top government officials at the Department of War, seen at the Stimson Center in Washington, DC, May 16, 2016. (AFP/Nicholas Kamm)
May 23, 2016, 9:15 am
Obama says no apology for A-bomb on Hiroshima visit
Most survivors of atomic attack aren’t seeking president’s repentance, others want to hear regret at loss of life
By AFP
In this photo taken on June 25, 2015, former Japanese fighter pilot Kaname Harada, 98, holds his portrait as a young man as he tells his experience during World War II at his home in Nagano, Japan. (AFP Photo/Toru Yamanaka)
August 9, 2015, 6:52 am
Japan’s surviving WWII soldiers fight for peace
70 years after its defeat, Tokyo reexamines its pacifism policy and raises fears among those who remember war
By Kyoko HASEGAWA
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