Nagasaki Marks 80th A-Bomb Anniversary as Survivors Put Hopes of Nuke Ban in the Hands of Youth

I survived Hiroshima: The world should turn away from nuclear weapons

Few survived the nuclear bombs which were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Keiko Ogura lived, to tell a grim tale.

'Never use nuclear weapons again,' Nagasaki survivor says on 80th anniversary of U.S. attack in Japan

The southern Japanese city of Nagasaki on Saturday marked 80 years since the U.S. atomic attack that killed tens of thousands and left people hoping their harrowing memories can help make their home city the last place to be hit by a nuclear bomb. "Even after the war ended, the atomic bomb brought invisible terror," recalls one survivor.

Survivors' relatives pledge to make Nagasaki the last ever atomic bomb site on 80th anniversary

Survivors of the Nagasaki atomic bomb pledged to make it the last place on Earth to suffer that fate on the 80th anniversary of the disaster.

Nagasaki marks 80th A-bomb anniversary as survivors put hopes of nuclear ban in the hands of youth

NAGASAKI, Japan (AP) -- The southern Japanese city of Nagasaki on Saturday marked 80 years since the U.S. atomic attack that killed tens of thousands and left survivors who hope their harrowing memories can help make their hometown the last place on Earth to be hit by a nuclear bomb.

Nagasaki mayor warns about possibility of nuclear war 80 years after A-bomb

The western Japanese city was levelled on August 9, 1945, when the United States dropped a 10,000-pound plutonium-239 bomb, nicknamed "Fat Man", instantly killing some 27,000 of the city's estimated 200,000 people.

Japan commemorates 80 years since Nagasaki nuclear bomb attack

The American nuclear bomb attack on the Japanese city on 9 August 1945 killed around 70,000 people and left many more physically and psychologically scarred for life. In a ceremony, survivors and officials warned of the threats of nuclear weapons in a world of increasing geopolitical tension.