People press their hands together at the memorial cenotaph for the atomic bomb victims at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima's Naka Ward on Aug. 6, 2017. (Mainichi)
The Mainichi: Hiroshima marks 72nd A-bomb anniversary with eyes on ban treaty
HIROSHIMA (Kyodo) -- Hiroshima marked the 72nd anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing on Sunday at its annual memorial ceremony, with Mayor Kazumi Matsui calling on the Japanese government to help realize a treaty banning nuclear weapons.
This year's ceremony at the Peace Memorial Park near Ground Zero follows the adoption by 122 United Nations members of the world's first treaty to comprehensively prohibit nuclear weapons.
The pact's preamble uses the Japanese term "hibakusha" in its mention of the "the unacceptable suffering" of survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings that killed an estimated 214,000 people by the end of 1945.
But Japan refused to participate in the treaty, along with the world's nuclear weapon states and other countries under the U.S. nuclear umbrella.
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WNU Editor: Here are a few links on Hiroshima that I have posted over the years.
* Photographing Hiroshima On August 6, 1945 (From The Ground)
* Hiroshima After The Atomic Bomb -- 360Cities – Panoramic Photography Blog
* An American Witness To The Hiroshima Bombing Who Was Not Suppose To Be There
* Hiroshima 1945 And Hiroshima 2010
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