80th Anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic Bombings: Survivors' Messages

Commemorating the 80th Anniversary

• 🕊️ Japan is marking the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
• 💔 The bombings, which killed over 200,000 people, remain the only use of nuclear weapons in wartime.

Voices of Survivors

• 😥 A 94-year-old survivor expressed concern that soon "there will be no-one left to pass on this sad and painful experience."
• 🗣️ Survivor Masako Wada stated at the Nobel Peace Center that nuclear weapons cannot coexist with human beings.
• 💡 Wada emphasized that humans created nuclear weapons, and through wisdom, public conscious, and responsibility, humans can also abolish them.

Keeping the Memory Alive

• 🏞️ In Hiroshima, hundreds of paper lanterns bearing messages of peace were released into a river.
• 👨‍👧 A man brought his daughter to the memorial, stressing the importance of reflecting on the event even without direct family ties to the survivors.
• 💬 The memory of the atomic bombings is being passed down to generations too young to have witnessed them.