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Hiroshima marks 81 years since atomic bombing as mayor deplores pursuit of nuclear weapons

Survivors have expressed frustration and worry over growing support for the possession of nuclear weapons for deterrence by the international community, including Japan.

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00:02Hiroshima marked the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city on
00:07Thursday. The city's mayor criticized major powers for waging wars and resorting to nuclear threats.
00:14He urged them to stop justifying the possession of nuclear weapons as a method of deterrence.
00:30The reason is that the victims of the U.S. military action are in order to lead them to be
00:40the right.
00:40The threat of the U.S. military force is not seen as a war.
00:48The threat of the U.S. military force will be made possible to make the U.S. military, and as
00:59a result,
00:59Takaichi, who attended the memorial for the first time as prime minister, said she will
01:04take a realistic approach toward achieving a world where nuclear weapons are never used.
01:09The ceremony, however, comes at a time of speculation that Takaichi's government may
01:14ease its non-nuclear principles.
01:32The bombing of Hiroshima on the 6th of August in 1945 destroyed the city and killed 140,000
01:39people.
01:40A second bomb dropped three days later and Nagasaki killed 70,000.
01:44Japan surrendered on the 15th of August, ending World War II and Japan's nearly half-century
01:50of aggression in Asia.
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