Hiroshima Marks Anniversary of Atomic Bombing
Seventy-nine years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945, Japan's prime minister says work to eliminate nuclear weapons cannot stop, no matter the challenges ahead.
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00:00A moment of silence, just meters from where the first atomic bomb ever dropped on a city
00:08exploded.
00:10Even 79 years on, there were some in Hiroshima who remember the day their city was nearly
00:15annihilated.
00:16And today, on the anniversary, there's a sense time is running out to make these last
00:20survivors' voices heard.
00:22At this memorial ceremony in Hiroshima's Peace Memorial Park, dignitaries from around
00:27the world are remembering and reflecting on the importance of a world at peace.
00:49But Hiroshima survivors' dream of a world free from nuclear weapons feels as far away
00:53as it has in decades.
00:55As Japan's Prime Minister Kishida Fumio, whose family comes from Hiroshima, said, wars
00:59involving nuclear powers continue in 2024.
01:33Kishida says, as the only country to have been attacked using atomic bombs, Japan has
01:37a responsibility to lead the way, and to warn of the consequences if nuclear weapons are
01:42ever used again.
01:43Eason Chen and John Van Triest for Taiwan Plus.