Nagasaki marks 76th anniversary of atomic bombing

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By MARI YAMAGUCHI

TOKYO (AP) — Nagasaki on Monday marked the 76th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the Japanese city with its mayor urging Japan, the United States and Russia to do more to eliminate nuclear weapons.

In his speech at the Nagasaki Peace Park, Mayor Tomihisa Taue urged Japan’s government to take the lead in creating a nuclear-free zone in Northeast Asia rather than staying under the U.S. nuclear umbrella — a reference to the U.S. promise to use its own nuclear weapons to defend allies without them.

Taue also singled out the United States and Russia — which have the biggest arsenals by far — to do more for nuclear disarmament, as he raised concern that nuclear states have backtracked from disarmament efforts and are upgrading and miniaturizing nuclear weapons.

“Please look into building a nuclear-weapons-free zone in the Northeast Asia that would create a ‘non-nuclear umbrella’ instead of a ‘nuclear umbrella’ and be a step in the direction of a world free of nuclear weapons,” Taue said as he urged Japan’s government to do more to take action for nuclear disarmament.



Doves fly over the Statue of Peace during a ceremony at Nagasaki Peace Park in Nagasaki, southern Japan Monday, Aug. 9, 2021. The Japanese city of Nagasaki on Monday marked its 76th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing. (Kyodo News via AP)


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[twodogsbarking]

1. Peace on Earth. Not just for Christmas.

[masmdu]

2. Peace to all. Never again.

[Archae]

3. I've mentioned this before...

If there ever is another nuclear weapon used in war, it'll be between India and Pakistan.

Just about every year those two get to fighting over their borders, and some of their troops are killed or injured.

Even North Korea isn't stupid enough to use the nukes they have, they are mostly just like the ones China, Russia, and the US have, weapons to be lusted after, or negotiated over, or waved around in saber-rattling.

Obviously, the worst-case scenario is a terrorist group like Al-Qaeda or a right-wing militia group here in the US having one.

But for now, non-nuclear weapons are still just too damn effective for terrorist groups.

[spike jones]

4. There are people who survived the atomic bomb in Hiroshima and fled to Nagasaki.

A few survived both blasts.

[Harker]

5. That added yet another layer of horror. n/t

[electric_blue68]

6. I remember in the early mid '80s when...

the Anti Nuclear Weapons movement was going strong...

Here in NYC the Hibakusha -the Japanese A bomb survivors visited several times over a few years during The UN's big yearly gatherings

Also in ?'70 I was one of the minority of people in the US who visited a first time traveling exhibit of
Atomic Bomb Artifacts from Japan.

•The infamous iconic Stopped Clock (at time of the explosion).
•Photos of survivors wirh extreme keloid scars.
•Most haunting was a piece of Wall embedded with the Shadows of People that were near it because the explosion's light was so intense it acted like a photographic surface. 😔