Paper lanterns float on the Motoyasu River in front of the Atomic Bomb Dome (background) in Hiroshima on August 6, 2015 as tens of thousands gathered for peace ceremonies on the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing in Hiroshima. - AFP/File / Kazuhiro Nogi
Tokyo (AFP) - Japan on Sunday marked the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki that claimed more than 74,000 lives almost instantly, in one of the final chapters of World War II.
Bells tolled and tens of thousands of people, including ageing survivors and the relatives of victims, observed a minute's silence at 11:02 am (0202 GMT), the exact moment the blast devastated the port city on August 9, 1945.
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