Nagasaki 78th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombing, "Nagasaki as the Last Atomic Bombing Site" Peace Memorial Ceremony

It has been 9 years since the atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki in nine days. The Peace Memorial Ceremony will be held on a reduced scale due to the approach of the typhoon, but as Russia continues to invade Ukraine militarily and threaten with nuclear weapons, Nagasaki will send out a message both domestically and internationally about its determination to abolish nuclear weapons and that "Nagasaki will be the last site to suffer atomic bombings."

At the Peace Memorial Ceremony, which begins at 78:9 a.m. on September 10, 45 years after the atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, a list of 1,3314 atomic bomb victims will be included, with the names of 19,5607 survivors added to the list.

Then, at 11:2 a.m., when the atomic bomb exploded, a moment of silence will be offered to commemorate the victims.

While the G5 Hiroshima Summit in May was an opportunity for the leaders of each country to appeal to the world about the inhumanity of nuclear weapons, including visits to the Atomic Bomb Museum, the Hiroshima Vision, which is the outcome document of the summit, has also been criticized by atomic bomb survivors in Nagasaki for thinking on the premise of nuclear deterrence.

At the Peace Memorial Ceremony on April 7, Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki, a second-generation atomic bomb survivor who took office in April, will read the Peace Declaration.

As Russia continues to invade Ukraine militarily and threaten with nuclear weapons, Mayor Suzuki warns of the inhumanity of nuclear weapons and the tendency to affirm the atomic bomb through the words of Mr. Taniguchi Ryoaki, who continued to call for the abolition of nuclear weapons until his death six years ago, despite being severely burned on his back by the atomic bomb.

On that basis, we call on the nuclear-weapon states and those under the nuclear umbrella to break away from their dependence on nuclear deterrence and move forward on the path to the abolition of nuclear weapons.

With the approach of Typhoon No. 9, the scale of the Peace Memorial Ceremony will be drastically reduced, with the venue changed from Peace Park to an indoor facility in the city in order to prioritize the safety of the attendees, and the general public and their bereaved families, as well as Prime Minister Kishida and ambassadors of various countries, will not attend. We will send this message both domestically and internationally.