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August 6, 2015

Japan: Hiroshima Marks 70 Years Since U.S. Dropping of Atomic Bomb 
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In Hiroshima, Japan, temple bells tolled this morning as a solemn crowd
marked 70 years since the United States dropped the world's first atomic
bomb on the city. Shock waves, radiation and heat rays took the lives of
some 140,000 people — nearly half of the town's population.
Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui marked the anniversary by calling for the
abolition of nuclear weapons.

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui: "In order for us to live together, we
need to end the use of all nuclear weapons — the ultimate in
inhumane, pure evil. And the moment to get this done is now."

Three days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the United States
dropped a second atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Nagasaki, killing
another 74,000 people. We'll have more on the bombings with Nobel
Prize-winning Japanese novelist Kenzaburo Oe after headlines.

 

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