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| The 77 Years of Nagasaki's Atomic Bombing by the US During World War II (pict of illustration) |
Tokyo - Exactly on 9/8/2022 is the 77th anniversary of the atomic bomb nicknamed "Fat Man" dropped on Nagasaki, Japan by US bombers during World War II and to this day, no apology has been spoken from the US to Japan and the victims of the cursed bomb.
At exactly 11:02 a.m. on August 9, 1945, an American B-029 Bockscar bomber dropped a 4.5-ton plutonium bomb on the Japanese city. An estimated 60,000 to 80,000 lives were lost.
The atomic bombing of Nagasaki came just days after another Japanese city, Hiroshima, was dropped by the US atomic bomb nicknamed "Little Boy" on August 6, 1945. The atomic bombing on Hiroshima killed about 140,000 people.
The bombing of the two cities became one of the darkest chapters in the history of war and human civilization. The terrible tragedy also marked the end of the Second World War.
The destruction of its cities by that time had forced Japan to surrender unconditionally and lay down its arms in the Second World War on August 15, 1945, ending its aggression in Asia.
Nagasaki was a shipbuilding center for Japan and US troops had planned to bomb it on August 11, 1945. However, bad weather forecasts for that day pushed the day of the bombing forward.
Even though it has been 77 years since that deadly day, the scars left by the destruction of the bombs are still fresh in the minds of the Japanese people.
The days of the bombings are remembered every year as a sign of respect for those who lost their precious lives during the devastation.
The devastation caused by the bombings continued for years and even decades after the horror days, where the radiation left behind from the bombings caused several diseases and disabilities in humans.
Today, Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue is scheduled to call for the worldwide elimination of nuclear weapons amid growing concerns over their potential use following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
In the peace declaration delivered during the commemoration ceremony at the Peace Park, the mayor is expected to ask nuclear weapon states to present concrete ways forward to achieve nuclear disarmament at the ongoing review conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). .
The mayor of Taue, as quoted by Kyodo, is also expected to demand that the government lead discussions on a possible nuclear weapons-free zone in Northeast Asia, as well as sign and ratify the UN treaty banning nuclear weapons.