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The Prime Minister Attends the Nagasaki Peace Memorial Ceremony, and Other Events
Saturday, August 9, 2014
Photograph of the Prime Minister delivering an address (1)
Photograph of the Prime Minister offering flowers (1)
Photograph of the Prime Minister offering flowers (2)
Photograph of the Prime Minister offering a silent prayer
Photograph of the Prime Minister delivering an address (2)
Photograph of the meeting to listen to requests by representatives of atomic bomb victims
Photograph of the Prime Minister receiving a letter of request from groups of atomic bomb victims
Photograph of the Prime Minister holding a press conference
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attended the annual Nagasaki Peace Memorial Ceremony held in the Peace Park in Nagasaki City.
Approximately 5,900 people including atomic bomb victims and bereaved family members, as well as representatives of 48 nations and the European Union, attended the ceremony, which was held on the 69th anniversary of the atomic bombing, praying for the repose of the souls of the war dead and for world peace.
Mr. Tomihisa Taue, Mayor of Nagasaki City, and the representatives of the bereaved family members and the atomic bomb victims, placed at the site the list of the names of atomic bomb victims whose passing was confirmed in the past year. The representatives of the bereaved family members and the atomic bomb victims, and elementary, junior high, and high school students offered water. The representatives of the bereaved family members and the atomic bomb victims, the Prime Minister and other guests then offered wreathes. The Bell of Nagasaki was then rung at 11:02 a.m., when the atomic bomb was dropped, and all the participants prayed in silence for a minute.
Then, following Mayor Taue’s Peace Declaration, the recital of the Promise for Peace by a representative of the atomic bomb victims, and choral singing by elementary school students, Prime Minister Abe expressed his heartfelt condolences to the victims and delivered an address.
After the ceremony, the Prime Minister attended a meeting to listen to requests by representatives of atomic bomb victims at a hotel in Nagasaki City, and heard requests from representatives from five groups of atomic bomb victims and others. Afterwards Prime Minister Abe held a press conference.
