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Full Text: Nagasaki Peace Declaration on 76th A-bomb anniversary

Full Text: Nagasaki Peace Declaration on 76th A-bomb anniversary

The following is the full text of the Peace Declaration read on Aug. 9 by Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue at a ceremony to mark the 76th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city: Courtesy: Mainichi News This year saw the passing of a Catholic monk. Toumei Ozaki spent hisRead More

On 76 years of the Atomic bombing: Lessons from Hiroshima

On 76 years of the Atomic bombing: Lessons from Hiroshima

Hiroshima, Nuclear Weapons August 7, 2021 at 11:15 am 0 comments

Robert (Bo) Jacobs is a Professor at the Hiroshima Peace Institute and Graduate School of Peace Studies at Hiroshima City University in Japan. He is a historian of science and technology focused on the history of nuclear technologies and radiation technopolitics. He has published multiple books and articles, and is the co-founder and lead researcherRead More

Why the American Narrative of Hiroshima needs to be dismantled

Why the American Narrative of Hiroshima needs to be dismantled

Robert Jacobs & Ran Zwigenberg | CounterPunch A photograph of Hiroshima seen from a US airplane after the attack, autographed by Enola Gay pilot Paul Tibbets. In August 1945, the United States attacked two cities in Japan with nuclear weapons in the last days of World War Two. The USRead More

Full text: Hiroshima Peace Declaration 2021 on the 76th A-bomb anniversary

Full text: Hiroshima Peace Declaration 2021 on the 76th A-bomb anniversary

Hiroshima August 6, 2021 at 7:13 am 0 comments

The following is the full text of the Peace Declaration read Friday by Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui at a ceremony to mark the 76th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city.