Hiroshima officials asked the developers of Pokémon Go to remove characters, Pokéstops and gyms from the Atomic Bomb Dome at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Tokyo. “We need to think about the future, we need to concentrate all our powers on creating a world without nuclear weapons”, Tsuboi said. While some argue that the use of the atom bomb led to a swift end to the war and prevented millions more being killed on both sides, others have called its use a war crime.
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In addition to survivors and representatives of the families of victims, the ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, representatives from 91 countries and a European Union delegation.
It was the second-largest number of represented countries, after the 100 that marked the 70th anniversary past year.
“The idea is to show how risky nuclear weapons are by bringing them to the eye of the public in a way that makes sense”, said Ofelia Cohen-Odiaga, 16, an event coordinator and senior at Commonwealth School in Back Bay.
Speaker Sumitra Mahajan recalled the bombings that took place 71 years ago on August 6 and 9 and paid tributes to the lakhs of people who were killed, wounded and maimed for life.
Obama offered no apology for the bombings, having insisted he would not revisit decisions made by then president Harry Truman. A moment of silence was also held during the gathering at 8:15 a.m.to commemorate the time the bomb exploded over Hiroshima.
A gathering of lanterns will mark the 71 anniversary of the nuclear bombings of Japanese cities during the Second World War on Saturday. He did many years of research identifying 12 American war prisoners who also became victims of Hiroshima bombing in August 6, 1945.
“I hope many countries will negotiate in their efforts toward the elimination of nuclear weapons”, said the high school student.
In March, there were a total of 174,080 survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, compared to 372,264 in 1980, and their average age was 80 years.
Monks pray beside the A-Bomb Dome Memorial during the 60th Anniversary of the Hiroshima Atomic Bombing in 2005.
He urged him to join Obama in taking leadership toward ridding the world of nuclear weapons.
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