As he opened the 40th National Cultural Festival and the 25th National Arts and Culture Festival for Persons with Disabilities, Emperor Naruhito expressed hopes the events will spark the creation of new culture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/15/japan/imperial-couple-attend-national-cultural-festivals-in-nagasaki/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #imperialcouple #nagasaki #wwii #atomicbombings

Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, have begun a trip to Nagasaki Prefecture, mainly to mourn victims of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city of Nagasaki in World War II. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/12/japan/imperial-family-nagasaki/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #emperornaruhito #empressmasako #imperialfamily #nagasaki #wwii #atomicbombings #us

An independent expert panel of the U.N. tasked with assessing the impact of nuclear war met with co-deputy chair Masao Tomonaga, an 82-year-old hibakusha atomic bomb survivor. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/07/japan/politics/un-nuke-panel-hibakusha-deputy-chiar/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #un #nuclearweapons #atomicbombings #nagasaki

https://www.walknews.com/1027323/ 最後の一瞬でドラマ…奇跡を呼んだ男にサポ大熱狂 | 話題の投稿 | スポーツブル (スポブル) #crazy #media #Nagasaki #Sports #アスリート #クレイジー #スポーツ #ニュース #メディア #動画 #長崎 #長崎県

Izumi Nakamitsu, U.N. undersecretary-general and high representative for disarmament affairs, urged Japan to attend the 2026 review conference for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons as an observer. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/19/japan/nakamitsu-disarmament-efforts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #izuminakamitsu #un #nuclearweapons #atomicbombings #nagasaki #hiroshima

A Japanese woman and an American man whose grandfathers experienced the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have forged an unlikely collaboration to publish a book calling for a world free of nuclear weapons. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/15/japan/grandchildren-unite/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nagasaki #hiroshima #us #atomicbombings #nuclearweapons #wwii

Nagasaki: The Last Witnesses by M. G. Sheftall, 2025

The second volume in a prize-worthy two-book series based on years of irreplicable personal interviews with survivors about each of the atomic bomb drops, first in Hiroshima and then Nagasaki, that hastened the end of the Pacific War.

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"During the conferences in both #Hiroshima and #Nagasaki we have heard the testimony of the hibakusha, remaining survivors of the atomic blasts, survivors but victims of extreme physical and psychological traumas which should be heard and absorbed by U.S. government officials who continue to plow billions of dollars in the thousands of nuclear weapons the U.S. possesses." https://peaceandplanetnews.org/government-officials-who-push-the-button-of-nuclear-weapons-will-die-first-as-they-should/ #NoNukes #Japan

Mayors from across the world concluded a general conference in Nagasaki on Sunday by adopting a declaration expressing their resolve to abolish nuclear weapons. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/10/japan/global-mayors-adopt-nagasaki-peace-message/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nagasaki #hiroshima #atomicbombings #wwii #nuclearweapons

Bells Ring to Commemorate the Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki
https://nipponi.ca/link/2025/08/10/bells-ring-commemorate-atomic-bombing-nagasaki
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Nagasaki Bomb Surviver Talks About Life in Occupied Okinawa
https://nipponi.ca/link/2025/08/10/nagasaki-bomb-surviver-talks-about-life-occupied-okinawa
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Terumi Tanaka, a 93-year-old survivor of the Nagasaki atomic bombing, has called on younger generations to create a movement for the abolition of nuclear weapons that "inspires others." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/10/japan/nagasaki-a-bomb-hibakusha-movement/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #atomicbomings #nagasaki #hiroshima #wwii #nuclearweapons #terumitanaka #hibakusha

https://www.europesays.com/2316845/ South Korea’s atomic bomb survivors just want to be heard #AhnWonSang #ATOMICBOMBINGS #ChosunUniversity #ColdWar #EastAsiaInstitute #Hapcheon #hiroshima #ImperialArmy #japan #JapaneseColonialEra #KangHeeSook #KoreanWar #LeeEunJeong #Nagasaki #NihonHidankyo #SouthKorea

Good evening. It's 10PM, Saturday, 9th August. The headlines: The 80th anniversary of the #Nagasaki atomic attack is commemorated worldwide. International figures criticise #Israel's #Gaza proposals. #Trump and #Putin will convene in #Alaska this coming Friday. SpaceX's Crew-2 has returned safely off #California's coast. At a Palestine Action demonstration, 365 people were detained.

Today we mourn #Nagasaki (70,000 victims by the end of 1945).

Mourning #Hiroshima and #Nagasaki is useless, unless we understand that the existential threat posed by #NuclearWeapons is more serious and imminent than ever before

(Photo credit: US Army, Atomic Archive)

Good evening. It's 7PM, Saturday, 9th August. The headlines: Donald #Trump and Vladimir #Putin are scheduled to meet in #Alaska this coming Friday. Global leaders have condemned #Israel's strategy for #Gaza. Volodymyr #Zelensky insists #Ukraine will not surrender territory to invaders. #Nagasaki commemorates the 80th anniversary of the atomic attack. SpaceX's Crew-2 has splashed down off California. Edinburgh Festival Fringe is set for 2025.

1. oggi commemoriamo la distruzione di #Nagasaki: 70MILA morti (entro fine 1945).

Il numero delle vittime fu molto minore a quello di #Hiroshima (140MILA entro fine 1945) per una serie di fattori,tra cui la struttura della città
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Good afternoon. It's 4PM, Saturday, 9th August. The headlines: Donald #Trump and Vladimir #Putin are set to meet in #Alaska this coming Friday. #Israel persists in its #Gaza strategy despite international reproach. Volodymyr Zelensky affirms #Ukraine will not surrender territory to invaders. #Armenia and #Azerbaijan have reached a consensus on a peace outline. The 80th anniversary of the atomic attack on #Nagasaki is being commemorated globally.

https://www.europesays.com/2315279/ Opinion | Testimony of the Hibakusha of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: No More Nuclear Weapons #education #HIBAKUSHA #hiroshima #J.RobertOppenheimer #Nagasaki #nuclear #NuclearWar #NuclearWeapons #UnitedStates #War&Peace