Hiroshima marks A-bomb anniversary
IHT/Asahi: August 6,2008
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200808060285.html
HIROSHIMA–Hiroshima marked the 63rd anniversary of its atomic bombing Wednesday with Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba saying he hopes the new U.S. president will support the elimination of nuclear weapons.
“We can only hope that the president of the United States elected this November will listen conscientiously to the majority, for whom the top priority is human survival,” said Akiba in his Peace Declaration.
“The only way to protect citizens from a nuclear attack is the total abolition of nuclear weapons,” he added.
Akiba delivered the declaration during a somber ceremony held in the Peace Memorial Park that was attended by about 45,000 people, including hibakusha atomic-bomb survivors, bereaved families and dignitaries.
This year for the first time, the average age of surviving victims topped the 75-year mark to reach 75.1 years. The number of hibakusha living in and out of Japan has declined to 243,692.
On Wednesday, the names of 5,302 [...]
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