A silent prayer was held in Japan on Wednesday morning as it marked 80 years since the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima.
With the number of survivors rapidly declining and their average age now exceeding 86, this year's anniversary is considered the last milestone event for many of them.
-- NPR (@npr.org) Aug 6, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Hiroshima was adjudged the finest work of American journalism of the 20th century by a 36-member panel associated with New York University's journalism department.
From NHK ...
Hiroshima victims remembered 80 years on
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... People across Japan are remembering one of the darkest days in the country's history. Wednesday marks 80 years since an atomic bomb devastated Hiroshima.
Hiroshima fell silent at 8:15 a.m. -- the same moment the bomb dropped in 1945. The heat and radiation from the blast destroyed the city, killing an estimated 140,000 people by the end of the year. ...
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