Nagasaki 9 days, celebrated the day of the 71 th of the atomic bomb, at the Peace Memorial Park near the hypocenter in Nagasaki City Matsuyama-cho, Peace Memorial ceremony of the city sponsored was Itonama. Tomihisa Tagami mayor in the peace declaration, touch the Hiroshima visit of US President Barack Obama in May, requested the bombed city visit to the leaders of nuclear weapons states. It called for "I want to bring together the wisdom of as long as the Now-held" toward the abolition of nuclear weapons.
The ceremony, survivors and survivors, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe et al attended, prayed for the souls of the victims. US and Russia, China, also participated representatives of 53 countries, including eight countries all to possess nuclear weapons, such as India.
Victim to dedicate the water and the wreath, 11 am two minutes of the bombing time, 1 minute silent prayer to the sound of the bell. Bereaved families is a new death was dedication for the Atomic Bomb Victims roster four books that describes the name of the 3487 people that have been confirmed in the year to the end of July. Victims number became 172,230 people.
Tagami mayor "President Obama, his eyes and ears, the importance to feel in the heart shown in the world. The world of you to come to Nagasaki and Hiroshima, you know what happened to the man under the atomic cloud please. it was stressed that Start's line "to think about the future without nuclear weapons.
Also, while a new nuclear disarmament Working Group of the United Nations that have been held in Geneva to assess the "big step forward", concerned about the current situation in which nuclear weapons states does not attend, claiming the participating countries are at odds with nuclear deterrence and nuclear weapons ban It expressed. Along with the demand to participate in the discussion on weapons states, with respect to such governments and NGO, he complained of a "must never Tayashi a legal discussion towards the abolition of nuclear weapons."
For the Japanese government, in addition to the enhancement of the survivors assistance, for consideration of the framework "Northeast Asia nuclear-weapon-free zone," the creation of a security that does not rely on legislation and nuclear deterrence of the three non-nuclear principles, "the only war survivors I said I want you to provide leadership to move into action as a nation. "