Japan's Nagasaki commemorates the 75th anniversary of its bombing with an American nuclear bomb

Tokyo-Sana

The Japanese city of Nagasaki commemorated the 75th anniversary of its destruction with an American atomic bomb today, in a ceremony with limited attendance due to fears of the Corona epidemic.

According to Agence France-Presse, the commemoration ceremony took place through a mass in the Arakami Church near the scene of the explosion, while other residents participated in the ceremony in the Peace Park.

The number of those allowed to participate was reduced by ninety percent compared to previous years, but the ceremony was broadcast live on television so that others could follow it.

Nagasaki Mayor Tomisa Tawi called on the public to applaud the survivors called "Hibakusha" in Japan and "who have been alerting the whole world of the dangers of nuclear weapons for 75 years."

It is noteworthy that on August 9, 1945 and at 11.02 in the morning, the explosion of the "A" nuclear bomb dropped by an American plane destroyed 80 percent of the buildings in Nagasaki, including the famous Urakami Cathedral, killing about 74,000 people and before that, i.e. in the 6 th In August, the dropping of the "Little Boy" bomb destroyed the northern city of Hiroshima, killing 140,000 people.

The two devastating bombs led to the defeat of Japan, as Emperor Hirohito announced on the fifteenth of August 1945 its surrender to the Allies, thus ending a bloody chapter of World War II.