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81st Hiroshima‑Nagasaki remembrance

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On 3 4 August 2026 Italy organized a series of events to mark ceremonies across Japan and abroad marked the 81st anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing, featuring prayers, lantern releases and round‑table discussions in several cities. The same report also highlighted ongoing allegations that the United States stored Agent Orange on Okinawa during the Vietnam‑War era, a claim the U.S. government continues to deny. The following day, commemorations expanded worldwide. atomic bombings. In Hiroshima, a Korean‑resident group the Korean Residents Union in Japan honored South‑Korean victims, while with branch head Kim Ki‑sung stressing the need to pass on their history. U.S. ambassador sent a George Glass did not attend, sending deputy Aaron Snipe in his place. Iranian families parents of a schoolboy Makan Nasiri, killed in a recent airstrike attended, February airstrike, joined the ceremony, and Iran’s envoy Peyman Seadat condemned current recent U.S.–Israeli actions attacks as reminiscent a repeat of Hiroshima. Parallel Hiroshima’s tragedy. European and U.S. events were continued the nuclear‑abolition theme: the Italian Red Cross highlighted disarmament, a peace rally was held in Italy, France, Germany and the United States, all emphasizing nuclear disarmament Besançn, a candlelight vigil in Weiden warned of NATO missile deployments, and peace. The narrative shifted from Wisconsin’s Peace Action staged a primarily Italian‑focused remembrance “Lanterns for Peace” gathering in Milwaukee. On 5‑6 August, Hiroshima’s commemorations focused on peace symbolism. A violin crafted from survivor‑made materials was played on the Genryu River promenade, and crowds held penlights calling for nuclear disarmament. Kunihiko Sakuma of the Okinawa dispute to survivors’ association urged that August 6 become a broader, multinational series day of ceremonies linking historic trauma commitment to contemporary geopolitical tensions. abolition. The National Democratic Party for the People, led by Yuichiro Tamaki, reiterated Japan’s “non‑nuclear three principles,” urged strengthening the Nuclear Non‑Proliferation Treaty, and linked the remembrance to ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East.

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