Bells tolled in Hiroshima on Thursday (August 6) for the 75th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing, with ceremonies downsized due to the coronavirus and the city's mayor urging nations to reject selfish nationalism and unite to fight all threats.

Hiroshima marks 75 years since atomic bombing in scaled-back ceremony

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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in his speech at the ceremony, said Japan is committed to nuclear weapons ban but said a nuclear-free world could not be achieved overnight and that it has to start from dialogue between opposite sides.

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A Hiroshima court issued a rare ruling Wednesday expanding the designation of atomic bomb survivors to include more people hit by radioactive "black rain", 75 years after the US nuclear attack on Japan at the end of World War II.

Japan court recognises more Hiroshima bomb survivors

Six months before the Tokyo Olympics open, the Games are already inescapable in Japan, including dominating Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's policy speech to parliament on Monday.

In Olympics-heavy policy speech, Japan PM says Games mark new era for nation

Pope Francis expressed concern about future energy sources as he comforted victims of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear reactor disaster on Monday, noting a call by Japan's Catholic bishops to abolish nuclear power outright.

Until social bonds in local communities is re-established, Fukushima accident will not be fully resolved: Pope Francis

Pope Francis arrived in Japan on Saturday, where he is expected to deliver a robust anti-nuclear message of peace in the only country to have suffered an atomic bomb attack.

Pope Francis arrives in Japan to preach anti-nuclear message

When the voice of Humanity is silenced, the voice of Violence is heard for ages. Violence plagues the world and has plagued the world through all history. Structural Violence may last for a specific period.

Violence never abates – it resounds for ages

The mayor of Hiroshima urged Japan to sign a landmark UN treaty banning nuclear weapons as the city Tuesday marked 74 years since being targeted in the world's first atomic attack.

Mayor urges Japan to sign UN nuke ban on Hiroshima anniversary

Abe will be reciprocating a trip President Obama made in May to the Japanese city of Hiroshima

Shinzo Abe to be first Japanese leader to visit Pearl Harbor

Fidel Castro recalled his own youth and confrontation with the United States while he headed the communist island of Cuba

Castro lashes out at US on 90th birthday, says Obama's speech lacked apology for Japan nuclear bombing

Much of the city was incinerated by a wall of heat up to 4,000 degrees Celsius. 140,000 died, some immediately, some weeks and years later

Japan observes 71st anniversary of Hiroshima nuclear bombing

The US remains the only power to have ever used a nuclear weapon and Japan the only country to have suffered the frightening devastation

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