USA: ANNIVERSARY OF ATOMIC BOMBING OF NAGASAKI DEMONSTRATION
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Protesters in Washington, D-C gathered outside the Pentagon to condemn the dropping of an atomic bomb on Nagasaki 50 years ago.
Earlier in New Mexico - home of the atom bomb project - Japanese and Americans came together to remember the victims of the world's second nuclear attack.
They came with a message of peace to what these protesters consider a symbol of war.
On the 50th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, the marchers in Washington, D-C are hoping no one ever forgets Nagasaki.
SOUNDBITE:
It was an evil that was unleashed fifty years ago and we need to keep coming back and saying that was wrong then and we need to stop it.
SUPER CAPTION: Laurie De Flaun, Peace Protester
The group brought its message directly to the steps of the Pentagon.
They say that until nuclear weapons are eradicated, the possibility of future Nagasakis will always exist.
The gathering of mainly Catholic groups was relatively peaceful.
Police arrested a few individuals for trespassing on Pentagon property.
It's been 50-years since the second atomic bomb, dubbed Fat Man was loaded into a B-29 called Box Car.
Ironically, Nagasaki was a secondary target, only chosen when the city of Nokura was too cloudy.
That decision would thrust Nagasaki and its citizens into history, becoming the second city to be destroyed with an atomic bomb.
The atomic blast leveled almost 40-percent of the city. Forty-two-thousand people died while another 40-thousand were injured, left to suffer the aftereffects of heat and radiation.
Those people are now remembered at this peace statue in New Mexico.
Ironically, the newly commissioned sculpture is only miles from the Los Alamos laboratory where the first atomic bombs were built.
This day the peace statue was attracting Japanese visitors, getting a glimpse of the sculpture that depicts the world as a peace garden.
Draped on the statute are ribbons, which symbolically link a multi-national message of peace.
SOUNDBITE:
I think we have about 30 or 40-thousand of them. And the legend goes...is a Japanese legend that says if you fold a thousand of these paper birds you'll get your wish. So every one of these little birds, 30 or 40-thousand of them stand for a wish for peace.
SUPER CAPTION: Caroline Gassner, Originator of Peace Sculpture Project
Many of the ribbons are sent by children around the world. It is these children who want the peace statue to tell their message.
SOUNDBITE:
Even though we know that we really can't just ask and achieve it, but knowing that we can show an example saying that we do want peace around the world.
SUPER CAPTION: Aubrey White, 12-years old
50 years after the bombing Japanese and Americans have healed their wounds.
For this group, this sculpture will always represent a new message of world peace.
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Japan - Hiroshima Stamp
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TOKYO UPSET BY US STAMP FOR HIROSHIMA ANNIVERSARY
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Japan is none too happy with a US plan to issue a postage stamp
showing a nuclear mushroom cloud to mark the 50th anniversary of
the bombing of Hiroshima. The stamp depicts the explosion of the atomic bomb dropped by US forces on the city of Hiroshima in the closing days of World War II. Text under the mushroom cloud reads: Atomic bombs hasten war's end, August 1945. The problem is the Japanese, who surrendered just weeks later, say they were about to give up anyhow and the loss of lives could have been prevented.
Within five months after the bombing of Hiroshima, about 140,000
of the city's 340,000 residents died. The second A-Bomb in
Nagasaki killed 70,000 from a population of 270,000.
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Still pix of controversial US stamp. Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945: Mushroom cloud over Hiroshima. Aerial views of aftermath on ground. Japanese soldiers surrendering to the Allies. Tokyo, December 1994: Foreign Minister Yohei Kono at podium. Kono speaking in Japanese. Hiroshima, recent: Busy street scenes. People in street. Gong being rung. Bombed-out building monument.
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Hiroshima mayor marks bombing's 71st anniversary
Saturday marked the 71st anniversary of the atomic bombing of the Japanese city. The mayor referenced Obama's historic trip in May.
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Japan marks the 67th anniversary of the American atomic bomb attack
(6 Aug 2012) STORYLINE:
The city of Hiroshima marked the 67th anniversary of the world's first atomic bomb attack on Monday with a call for the elimination of nuclear arsenals.
About 50,000 people gathered in Hiroshima's peace park near the epicentre of the 1945 blast that destroyed most of the city and killed as many as 140,000 people. A second atomic bombing on 9 August that year in Nagasaki killed tens of thousands more and prompted Japan to surrender to the World War II Allies.
The ceremony, attended by representatives of about 70 countries, began with the ringing of a temple bell and a moment of silence. Flowers were placed before Hiroshima's eternal flame, which is the park's centrepiece.
The nuclear accident at Fukushima last year has shown the dangers of nuclear technology, even for peaceful purposes, and Hiroshima urged the government to create a mix of energy sources for Japan that is safe and secure.
The average survivor of the bombing is now 78 years old, and the city is increasing its effort to provide people with health care and chronicle their experiences so the events of that day are remembered.
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said Japan must pass the experience on to future generations so that the lessons of Hiroshima are not forgotten and promises that Japan will work towards a society with safe sources of energy.
We will work towards establishing a mid to long term plan towards reduced dependence on nuclear energy, Noda said.
Japan is recovering from the devastation along its northeastern coastline caused by last year's earthquake and tsunami, which also set off a nuclear disaster. Public worries about nuclear safety have left all but two of 50 working reactors offline.
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USA: WASHINGTON: HIROSHIMA ANNIVERSARY DEMONSTRATION
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Their numbers were small, but that didn't stop a group of protesters in Washington DC from commemorating the 50th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
Amongst the banners, bands and speakers, one woman truly brought home the meaning of the day.
For Hisayo Yamashita, the message is never forget the victims of 6 August 1945
They came to Washington DC's National Mall looking to commemorate an event that took place 50 years ago.
It was then that the US dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
Many of these people were too young to remember, but they came with a message.
For some, it was a call urging that the dangers of nuclear testing are exposed - an issue brought to the forefront by France's decision to resume nuclear tests in the South Pacific.
Others came to hear music and hear speeches in memory of the victims of the atomic devastation and to express their fear for the future of life in an atomic age.
For Hiroshima survivor Hisayo Yamashita, the message was a painful plea never to forget.
SOUNDBITE: (In Japanese)
What I remember most is the people who have died not being able to share the happiness, the pain, the joy in life. What we have to remember today is that we should not erase the memory of these people's lives by forgetting again.
SUPER CAPTION: Hisayo Yamashita - Hiroshima Survivor
Despite the appalling weather conditions, people stayed on to participate in the commemorating ceremony which included a chanting peace prayer by a Buddhist.
Others marched around the monuments holding banners and calling for peace.
Grown-ups and children gathered at the reflecting pool to light candles and float Japanese-style paper houses as a symbol of peace and remembrance for the victims of Hiroshima.
With 50 years of perspective, some feel the world has yet to recognise the real dangers of nuclear energy.
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San Diegans Reflect On 70th Anniversary Of Hiroshima Atomic Blast
A San Diego woman shares the story of her father, who survived the atomic blast in Hiroshima 70 years ago. Midday Edition looks at how survivors promote peace in San Diego.
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Ukraine - Chernobyl Museum/Atomic Bomb Anniversary
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Inhabitants of the Ukrainian capitial Kiev on Wednesday (9/8)
marked the 50th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima
and Nagasaki with the opening of a museum exhibition and a
religious service. The people of Kiev, for whom the Chernobyl
nuclear disaster is still a fresh memory, witnessed the opening of
an exhibit showing photographs of the Hiroshima bombing. At the same time, the Ukrainian Patriarch held a memorial service at the St. Sophia. Ukrainians of all ages gathered to express their sorrow and compassion for the inhabitants of the bombed Japanese cities.
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KIEV, 9/8
exterior of chernobyl museum with plaque
wide inside museum
various of exhibition with photographs of hiroshima and exhibits
on chernobyl, victims and their injuries
pull out stairwell in museum
st. sophia cathedral, bells tolling
congregation singing at memorial church service inside
ukrainian patriarch leads memorial service
more of service with congregation lighting candles
wide of service
ends: 3.00
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In Depth - Nagasaki Day
The Japanese city of Nagasaki marked the 74th anniversary of the US atomic bombing in World War II. A solemn memorial ceremony was held at the Nagasaki Peace Park in the presence of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, representatives from around 70 countries, and hundreds of citizens...On 9th August, 1945, Nagasaki was hit by an atomic bomb by the US forces..The bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki killed at least 1,35,000 people... forcing Japan to surrender and thus ending World War II. Even after 74 years, both Nagasaki and Hiroshima continue to feel the impact of the destructive bombing. Today on the show we take a re-look at what led to the worst human tragedies in history...and its impact on people and the world...
Anchor - Teena Jha
US: ENOLA GAY: 53RD ANNIVERSARY OF BOMBING OF HIROSHIMA .
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As American veterans mark the 53rd anniversary of Pearl Harbour - the event which took the United States into war with Japan - controversy is building over how to commemorate the event that ended the conflict.
As part of next year's 50th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Japan, Washington will host an exhibition featuring the Enola Gay, the plane which dropped the bomb on Hiroshima.
War veterans want to honour the plane and the lives it saved, while others say the exhibit should focus on the horror of the bomb blast.
American World War Two veterans held a ceremony on Wednesday honouring comrades who fell in the surprise attack by Japanese forces on Pearl Harbour.
Veterans are a powerful voice in American military matters - past and present.
Their collective voice is being heard loud and clear at the National Air and Space Museum, Washington's showcase of aviation history.
The museum is restoring the Enola Gay, the B-29 bomber that dropped the atom bomb on Hiroshima.
Veterans are concerned that the exhibition may question the need for that bombing, depicting the US as aggressive and the Japanese as innocent victims.
Their objections have sparked a debate which has taken the museum by surprise.
SOUNDBITE: After it's finished, after we open, we'll go back what went wrong, what could we have done better, who should we have talked to earlier. But the bottom line is this whole exhibition, when it opened, we hoped would start a national discussion about the end of World War Two and the atomic bomb. In a way we certainly didn't intend, we've done that. And so that's something we're pleased with, although we're sorry that so many passions have come up, and so many people have felt that we we're trying to do something that we weren't.
SUPER: Mike Fetters, Spokesman-Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Critics say the museum gave in to veterans' demands. The result, they say, is a watered-down exhibit that ignores the legacy of the atom bomb.
SOUNDBITE: I think they're going to come away, unfortunately, with a simple message: that the bombs were absolutely necessary to win the war and avoid an invasion of Japan, and that there weren't many serious or observable consequences after the war that we had to deal with, and that is a problem.
SUPER: Robert Musil, Spokesman, Physicians for Social Change
Veterans groups say the aviation museum isn't the right forum to explore the long-term implications of dropping the atom bomb on Hiroshima.
SOUNDBITE: It wasn't a question of whether or not the Enola Gay ought to be exhibited. We think it ought to be exhibited in its entirety. But what we were concerned about was the amount of information; the apparent biases, the philosophical perspectives - what some have called revisionist history - that surrounded the exhibit.
SUPER: Hugh Dagley, The American Legion
Despite the controversy, the restoration continues and museum officials say the Enola Gay will go on display next May.
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JAPAN: CEREMONY TO MARK ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF WWII
Japanese/Nat
Japan on Thursday marked the 51st anniversary of World War II's end as it does every year: very, very carefully.
The anniversary of Japan's surrender is always a political and diplomatic minefield for the Tokyo government, with its Asian neighbours watching for verbal missteps.
Some here believe Japan has nothing to apologise for. Others think the country has failed to atone for the suffering it inflicted.
Japan's observances Thursday of the 51st anniversary of its World War II surrender were marked by the same mixed feelings about the war that have beset the country since the conflict's end.
Marching through the gates of the Yasukuni shrine, war veterans and right-wing hard-liners gathered at this famed focal point for wartime militarism to offer their prayers for fallen Japanese soldiers.
The glare of world attention that accompanied last year's landmark 50th anniversary has faded, but the past can still spark bitter debate here today.
While official Japan marked the occasion in a more sombre and fashion, the Yasukuni memorial ceremony was marked by blaring military music, as activists waved the old imperial flag.
The hard-liners remain unrepentant and are even calling for nuclear weapons.
SOUNDBITE: (Japanese):
As a victim country of atomic bombs which were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan has the right to be armed with nuclear weapons.
SUPER CAPTION: Hiroyoshi Fudeyasu, General Secretary of Great Japan Nationalistic Party
Japan surrendered to the Allied forces at noon, 15th August 1945 on board the U-S-S Missouri.
Emperor Hirohito directly addressed the Japanese public for the first time during a scratchy radio message, telling them the war was lost.
Hirohito's son, Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko were dressed in mourning clothes for an elaborate war-memorial ceremony, which included a huge bank of yellow-and-white chrysanthemums and an enormous rising-sun flag.
A moment of silent prayer for the war dead was timed to mark the moment - at noon.
Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, who has long been active in veterans' affairs, trod a delicate line in remarks delivered at the service.
SOUNDBITE: (Japanese):
The war brought lots of suffering and sorrow to Asian countries. I modestly accept this fact and I would like to express my sincere sympathy.
SUPER CAPTION: Ryutaro Hashimoto, Japanese Prime Minister
Japan's defence budget continues to creep up by about three percent each year. Many Japanese are increasingly concerned about this trend in military spending.
SOUNDBITE: (Japanese):
The Japanese government believes that by strengthening its military power, Japan will be highly respected by other countries. It is a completely out- of- date way of thinking.
SUPER CAPTION: Yuichi Yoshikawa, Chief of Concerned Citizens'
Group
Every year's anniversary illustrates the difficulty of distinguishing between simple remembrance of Japan's fallen soldiers and defending the aggressive militarism that sent them into battle.
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66TH ANNIVERSARY OF ATOMIC ATTACK ON HIROSHIMA
CVB NEWS- Japan observes 66th anniversary of atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima in the memory of thousands of people who lost their lives on Aug'06 1945 and in its aftermath.
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JAPAN: ANNIVERSARY OF END OF WWII UPDATE
Jap/Eng/Nat
Japan marked the 51st anniversary of the end of World War Two on Thursday, as it does every year ... very, very carefully.
The anniversary of Japan's surrender is always a political and diplomatic minefield for the Tokyo government.
Domestically the country is torn between those who think Japan has nothing to apologise for and others who think the country has failed to atone for the suffering it inflicted.
For example the demand by Koreans living in Japan for a formal apology for thousands of their countrymen used as slave labour during the war.
The 51st anniversary of the end of the war was marked in Japan by the same mixed feelings that have beset the country for the past five decades.
Marching through the gates of Tokyo's Yasukuni shrine , war veterans and right-wing hard-liners gathered at this famed focal point for wartime militarism to offer their prayers for fallen Japanese soldiers.
The glare of world attention that accompanied last year's 50th anniversary has faded, but the past can still spark bitter debate here today.
While official Japan marked the occasion in a more sombre and fashion, the Yasukuni memorial ceremony was marked by blaring military music, as activists waved the old imperial flag.
The hard-liners remain unrepentant and are even calling for nuclear weapons.
SOUNDBITE: (Japanese):
As a victim country of atomic bombs which were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan has the right to be armed with nuclear weapons.
SUPER CAPTION: Hiroyoshi Fudeyasu, General Secretary of Great
Japan Nationalistic Party
The official commemoration was attended by Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko.
Attired in mourning clothes, attended an elaborate war memorial ceremony, which included a huge bank of yellow and white chrysanthemums and an enormous rising sun flag.
A moment of silent prayer for the war dead was timed to mark the moment - at noon.
Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, who has long been active in veterans' affairs, placed a flower at the memorial and in his speech was careful acknowledge the suffering Japan had caused to other Asian countries.
Despite the conciliatory nature of the proceedings, many Japanese are concerned by government moves to increase military spending.
Japan's defence budget continues to creep up by about three percent each year.
SOUNDBITE: (Japanese):
The Japanese government believes that by strengthening its military power, Japan will be highly respected by other countries. It is a completely out-of-date way of thinking.
SUPER CAPTION: Yuichi Yoshikawa, Chief of Concerned Citizens'
Group
Every year's anniversary illustrates the difficulty of distinguishing between simple remembrance of Japan's fallen soldiers and defending the aggressive militarism that sent them into battle.
And buried deep below the mountain of the Dancing Cranes is another reminder of wartime Japan.
This is the entrance to tunnels designed to hide the Japanese royal family and other leaders during the war.
It was a desperate idea.
Japan would be ruled from underground, it's government hidden in tunnels, its emperor sitting upon a throne buried deep below the mountain of the Dancing Cranes.
Japan's government is still trying to ignore this bizarre subterranean remnant of the closing days of World War Two.
The facilities, covering 43-thousand square metres under three mountains, were for the royal family, the government and storage purposes.
Construction began on November the 11th 1944 and was speeded up months later as U-S bombers began their relentless fire bombings of Tokyo and other major cities.
SOUNDBITE: (Korean)
SUPER CAPTION: Cho In Je, Former tunnel construction worker
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Freedom Bell ringing marking anniversary of bombing in Nagasaki, Japan.
Freedom Bell ringing marking anniversary of bombing in Nagasaki, Japan.
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Attack on Pearl Harbor: 78th Anniversary
President Roosevelt famously described it as a day that would live on in infamy. The attack drew the U.S. into World War II.
What is VJ Day?
The Royal British Legion asked several people to read out what happened leading up to Victory in Japan 70 years ago. They were shocked to find out the truth.
This August marks the 70th anniversary of VJ Day, commemorating the moment when Japan surrendered and brought about the end of World War Two. While the war in Europe ended in early May 1945 it continued in the Far East. The Japanese finally surrendered on 14 August 1945 following the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and Soviet declaration of war and invasion of Manchuria. As part this VJ Day anniversary, we’d like to recognise the sacrifices and pay tribute to all those who served in the Armed Forces, including those who served in the famous 14th Army in Burma, who helped secure victory. Prisoners of War and civilian internees from the conflict will also be recognised.
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VE-Day 70th Anniversary Celebrations 10/05/15
Another fantastic day here in London, as Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, Prince Charles & Camilla, the recently re-elected Prime Minister David Cameron and his Wife, and thousands of veterans from armed forces across the globe stepped out to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of VE-Day or Victory in Europe Day, when the conflict here in Europe came to an end.
On the 7th May, 1945, the German Instrument of Surrender was signed by General Alfred Jodl in Reims, France, as a representative of Admiral Karl Dönitz, acting President of Germany following the suicide of the Fuhrer Adolf Hitler on the 30th April. At the time Nazi Germany, the influence of which had dominated Europe in an almost unstoppable war machine that invaded France, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, and other great swathes of Continental Europe and Russia, had been compacted back into its home nation by the invading Allied forces. In the west and south, American and forces of the British Empire launched an assault across occupied Italy, France and the Benelux countries, whilst in the east, the Soviet Union, which had turned the tide of the German advance at Stalingrad, were now in the streets of Berlin itself, the capital being defended by volunteers and members of the Hitler Youth, some as young as 12 years old.
Upon the signature of the act, Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel signed a similar act the next day in Berlin, bringing an official ceasefire and closure to World War II in the west, the bloodiest conflict of the 20th Century. With this the guns fell silent across Continental Europe, although war would continue to be waged against Japan in the Pacific, and wouldn't come to an end until VJ-Day on September 2nd of the same year, after the detonation of the two Atomic Bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the only time such violent weapons have been used in combat.
Today, thousands of people lined the streets of Westminster to watch the Queen and her procession come to Westminster Abbey to mark this historic event. Not everyone on the streets though were British, as people from the Commonwealth and former British Empire such as Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa and the other former colonies in the Caribbean and Asia, and the other Allied nations such as the United States, France, Russia, the Netherlands, Belgium and the Balkan nations. People from the former Axis states also joined the celebration, with Germans, Italians, Japanese and Austrians also being present here with me outside the Abbey, seeing no allegiance to the regime this war destroyed, but seeing themselves as victims as we all were of the horrific conflict that killed 61 million people on the Allied side, and 12 million on the Axis.
But the sense of union and comradeship was thick in the air as we all stood and celebrated the end of division and the return to peace the people of the world had sought for 6 long years.
Enjoy!
One of last Pearl Harbor survivors honored in Massachusetts
Brockton's George Hursey was a 20-year-old staff sergeant in the artillery battalion when the Japanese bombs rained down on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
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