Japan Observes The 69th Anniversary Of The Hiroshima Bombing

Japan Marks 69th Anniversary of Hiroshima Bombing -- RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, August 6 (RIA Novosti) - Japan marks the 69th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima by the United States on Wednesday, seeing tens of thousands of people in Japan coming together for peace ceremonies in remembrance.

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui urged people to listen to the voices of survivors as he delivered a speech at a ceremony also attended by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and US Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy.

“‘Water, please.’ Voices from the brink of death are still lodged in the memory of a boy who was 15 and a junior high student,” Matsui said in his speech, referring to the memories of a survivor.

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