Hiroshima eyes smaller-scale atomic bomb ceremony due to coronavirus
Hiroshima may reduce the scale of its memorial ceremony in August of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing unless the coronavirus epidemic ends by that time, Mayor Kazumi Matsui said Thursday. The city is considering taking steps such as limiting the number of people who can ...
On A-bomb anniversary, Hiroshima mayor calls on Japan to join nuclear ban treaty
Hiroshima marked the 74th anniversary of its atomic bombing by the United States on Tuesday, with tens of thousands of people attending a ceremony at ground zero. In a speech, Mayor Kazumi Matsui urged the government to join a U.N. treaty banning nuclear weapons. But Prime ...
Mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to attend Nobel Peace Prize ceremony
The mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki will attend next month's Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, at which the award will be given to a group that campaigned for a landmark treaty banning nuclear weapons, according to officials from the cities. Hiroshima's Kazumi Matsui has been invited ...
Hiroshima mayor Matsui calls Carp an integral part of city
Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui was there in person at Tokyo Dome to see the Carp capture the Central League pennant. The baseball-mad residents of his city might make it hard for him to do the same should the Carp be on the verge of ...
Hiroshima Carp capture first pennant since 1991
For two days, the Hiroshima Carp and their fans watched as Yomiuri Giants victories over other teams kept them from clinching a long-awaited Central League title. Finally, on Saturday night, the Carp were able to take matters into their own hands. Seiya Suzuki hit his 25th ...
Paris mayor visits Hiroshima to pay respects to A-bomb victims
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and laid a wreath at the base of a monument dedicated to victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing. The mayor, with fresh memories of the deadly terror attacks that struck her city last ...
Hiroshima marked the 69th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing Wednesday, as survivors of the attack and others gathered at the city's Peace Memorial Park early in the morning to pay their respects and to attend an annual ceremony commemorating the event. At the ceremony, ...
