Hiroshima commemorates 78th anniversary of atomic bombing

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The city of Hiroshima commemorated the 78th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing with a call to the international community to take concrete steps to prevent nuclear weapons from becoming a danger to humanity. teleSUR

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00:00 On Sunday, Japan marks the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima by the

00:04 U.S., which killed almost 140,000 people.

00:09 The highlight of the event was the traditional peace declaration delivered at the ceremony

00:13 in the Peace Memorial Park by Hiroshima Major Kasumi Matsui.

00:17 On the occasion of the group of seven leaders' historic visit to Japan's park and its atomic

00:22 bomb museum, Matsui urged policymakers to abandon the notion that nuclear weapons entail

00:27 war.

00:28 It is a nuclear legacy to center stage at the last G7 summit of major economies in May

00:33 in Japan.

00:34 A moment of silence was observed at 8.15 a.m. local time, the exact time when the Iranian

00:40 bomb was dropped by the U.S. bomber Enola Gay and detonated over the city on August

00:45 6, 1945, killing an estimated 140,000 people by the end of the year.

00:51 Thank you.

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