New York Times: Hiroshima Honors 70th Anniversary of Atomic Bombing
HIROSHIMA, Japan — To the surprise of many who witnessed its incineration by an atomic bomb 70 years ago on Thursday, this city, like Japan itself, rebounded vigorously after World War II.
The population, nearly halved by the new and terrifying American weapon nicknamed Little Boy, now exceeds 1.1 million, nearly three times what it was during the war. Mazda makes its sporty cars here. The company’s founding family owns the city’s baseball team, the Carp, which plays at Mazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium.
Except for the bombed-out memorial dome at its center, on most days, Hiroshima looks and feels like any other Japanese metropolis.
But each year on Aug. 6, it again becomes a city of mourning. And one full of reminders — some delivered politely, some pointedly — of the most extreme dangers of modern warfare.
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