In this September 1945 (file photo), a Japanese man pushes his loaded bicycle down a path that had been cleared of rubble after the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, on Aug 9, 1945. The city of Nagasaki in southern Japan marks the 75th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of Aug 9, 1945. It was a second nuclear bomb dropped by the US three days after it made the world’s first atomic attack on Hiroshima. Japan surrendered on Aug 15, ending World War II and its nearly a half-century aggression toward Asian neighbours. Dwindling survivors, whose average age exceeds 83, increasingly worry how they can pass on their lessons to younger generations and achieve nuclear weapons elimination. - AP
TOKYO Aug 8 (AP): The city of Nagasaki in southern Japan marks the 75th anniversary of the US atomic bombing on Sunday (Aug 9).
It was the second nuclear bomb dropped by the US three days after the attack on Hiroshima. Japan surrendered on Aug 15, ending World War II and nearly a half-century aggression against its Asian neighbours.
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