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August 9, 2018

Japan Marks 73rd Anniversary of U.S. Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki
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In Japan, residents of Nagasaki gathered today to mark the 73rd
anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, which killed 74,000
people and forever changed the lives of those who survived the nuclear
attack. This is the Nagasaki mayor Tomihisa Taue speaking at today's
ceremony.

Tomihisa Taue: "I demand the Japanese government agree with the U.N.
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, as the only country to
have suffered from an atomic bombing, as well as to bear its moral
responsibility to lead a nuclear-free world."

We'll have more on the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki later in the
broadcast.


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