Prime Minister Hashimoto at Hiroshima
Peace Memorial Rite

     This summer marked the 52nd anniversary of the devastation of Hisoshima by the A-bomb. From 8:00 a.m., on the "very hour," started the Peace Memorial Ceremony (to console the dead and pray for lasting peace) at the Peace Memorial Park of the city. Present were about 45,000 representing the bereaved families and others concerned, who renewed their collective pledge to work for abolition of nuclear arms and ever-lasting world peace. Following Mayor Takashi Hiraoka's declaration of peace, Prime Minister Hashimoto took podium and said:
     "We shall continue to make efforts for nuclear disarmament, nonproliferation and ultimately total abolition of nunclear arms and realization of a peaceful and safer world."

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