MLB players visit Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
MLB players take a tour of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and Don Mattingly signs the visitor's book at The Atomic Bomb Dome
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Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) (UNESCO/NHK)
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) was the only structure left standing in the area where the first atomic bomb exploded on 6 August 1945. Through the efforts of many people, including those of the city of Hiroshima, it has been preserved in the same state as immediately after the bombing. Not only is it a stark and powerful symbol of the most destructive force ever created by humankind; it also expresses the hope for world peace ...
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The Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) was the only structure left standing in the area where the first atomic bomb exploded on 6 August 1945. Through the efforts of many people, including those of the city of Hiroshima, it has been preserved in the same state as immediately after the bombing. Not only is it a stark and powerful symbol of the most destructive force ever created by humankind; it also expresses the hope for world peace ...
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Obama makes historic visit to Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
US President Barack Obama has made a historic visit to the Hiroshima World War Two memorial. Obama, along with Japan's prime minister, Shinzo Abe, laid a wreath at the site of the world's first atomic bombing. A symbolic gesture from both, who aim to highlight the importance of a global reduction in nuclear weapons.
Al Jazeera's Harry Fawcett reports from Hiroshima.
The Pain and Politics of Hiroshima
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Japan: Hiroshima marks 74th anniversary of atomic bomb
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Tens of thousands of people gathered in Hiroshima's Memorial Peace Park on Tuesday, to commemorate the 74th anniversary of the US dropping the atomic bomb on the city. Among the attendees were several high-level politicians, including Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
After laying a wreath at the ceremony, Abe addressed those in attendance, saying we should not repeat the tragedy brought to Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the nuclear bomb. As the only one country exposed to the nuclear bomb, it is [our] mission which will never change, even as the new Reiwa era came, to continuously make efforts in order to make the world in peace without holding any nuclear weapons.
The atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 in what became the closing days of World War II, and marked the first time a nuclear device had ever been used in war.
Over 20,000 Japanese soldiers and around 140,000 civilians were killed in the Hiroshima bombing, which was conducted in concurrence with a second atomic bombing of Nagasaki, where the death toll is estimated to be around 74,000. Many died immediately while others succumbed to injuries or passed-away due to radiation-related illnesses weeks, months and years later.
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We went to the ATOMIC BOMB MUSEUM in Nagazaki, Japan (2019) │ My Travel Journal
Japan is such an interesting country, so different than ours, so organized, so clean ( the funny part is that you don't find garbage bins easily).
We came to Nagasaki, we really wanted to see how is the city, the people.
The Atomic bomb is part of the history of this country, imagine how important is for the history of NAGASAKI.
We visited the BOMB MUSEUM and the surroundings. Just by the museum we found the Peace park, the famous Shrine, the Cathedral, the Hypocenter (where the bomb exploded), etc.
In the PEACE PARK we will find the famous PEACE MEMORIAL STATUE, it is huge but today they were cleaning and fixing it. This statue has a very interesting meaning, the way is done and the Sculpture wrote this:
After experiencing that nightmarish war,
that blood-curdling carnage,
that unendurable horror,
Who could walk away without praying for peace?
This statue was created as a signpost in the
struggle for global harmony.
Standing ten meters tall,
it conveys the profundity of knowledge and
the beauty of health and virility.
The right hand points to the atomic bomb,
the left hand points to peace,
and the face prays deeply for the victims of war.
Transcending the barriers of race
and evoking the qualities of Buddha and God,
it is a symbol of the greatest determination
ever known in the history of Nagasaki
and the highest hope of all mankind.
— Seibo Kitamura (Spring 1995)
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Atomic Bomb Hiroshima Japan Today - Peace Monument for A-Bomb
Atomic Bomb Hiroshima City Today - Tribute to Peace
Memorial of Hiroshima atomic bombing.
The video shows:
- Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
- Atomic Bomb Dome (A-Bomb Dome)
- The Children's Peace Monument
- Hiroshima Train Station
- Hiroshima Trams
- Hiroshima City Traffic
- Beautiful Cherry Blossom Trees
- The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
The city today has been rebuilt and is a thriving modern city attracting commerce and tourists. However, intermingled amongst the busy city are reminders of the devastation which struck with the dropping of the Atomic (Nuclear) Bomb in 1945 at the end of WWII.
What does Hiroshima look like today?
A busy city. Shopping. Cars. Buildings. Parks. Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima Atomic Dome, and Peace Museum, Hiroshima, Japan. A tribute to peace at the commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb.
The famous Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima (Hiroshima Peace Memorial), Japan (Gembaku Domu in Japanese). This famous building is located next to the Aioi River and near the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima city. It was formerly the Industrial Promotion Hall. (It is located across the park from the Peace Museum.) At night, the Atomic Bomb Dome building is illuminated in a green light. It is also known as the A-Bomb Dome (or The Genbaku Dome in Japanese), and is part of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. It has been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The building serves as a solemn memorial to the people who were tragically killed in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. Over 70,000 people were killed instantly due to the bombing, and another 70,000 suffered fatal injuries from the radiation. US president Harry Truman, made the difficult decision to authorise the atomic bombing of Japan during World War II. The Allied forces agreed to put an end to the Pacific War which was not ending - but rather costing many lives - civilian and military. At 8:15 am on 6 August 1945, Little Boy (the first atomic bomb to be used in any war) detonated almost directly above the dome (approximately 600 m above the dome). The Japanese city of Nagasaki was bombed three days later.
Apparently when the atomic bomb exploded, many people threw themselves into the river to ease the pain - many did not survive.
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The Eternal Flame pictured serves as a reminder of the terror of atomic weapons regardless of who is using them. Apparently the flame will only be officially extinguished when the last atomic weapon is destroyed (disposed of).
Hiroshima Memorials are to commemorate the Atomic Bomb explosion.
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Today is the 74th anniversary of the Hiroshima Bombing - August 6, 2019
Hiroshima, August 6, 1945. It’s a day that changed everything. The atomic bomb decimated the city, killing nearly all nearby the blast. Fast forward about 75 years later, and Hiroshima is now a beautiful city, resurrected from the ruins of the post war period. Near the hypocenter is the Hiroshima Memorial Peace Park and Museum and across the river, the A-Bomb Dome which sits as it did, destroyed after the bomb in ruins. We'll look at the area around the hypocenter and see old video footage from 1945 after the bomb. We'll also meet a witness who will describe in detail the horror he saw as he volunteered to help in Hiroshima on August 7, 1945, the next day.
We’re now in the 4th generation since the bomb was dropped, those that were kids who could remember are now in their 80s and 90s. Yuji is a 3rd generation Hiroshima resident since the bomb and he wants to share the city of Hiroshima so people don’t forget the past. He learned a lot from his great uncle who told him stories as a kid of the horrors of that day and how the city rebuilt. Another reason is that he wants to teach his son so he can pass on the stories from his family who were alive nearby on that tragic day. They're now tour guides in Hiroshima.
At age 92, Yuji’s great uncle shares his story of the day he will never forget. He lived in Kure city near by, saw the mushroom cloud and went into the city to help. His account is graphic, the scene is grim and real.
The city cannot erase it’s past but it can move on and write the next chapter in its history and I think that is where Hiroshima is today. Tourism to the city is increasing, many international visitors stop by Hiroshima to understand what happened on that day, pay their respects, and tours like the one with Yuji and Magical Trip I took is a way to understand just how much the city changed that day and how it’s re-invented itself since. I hope you can feel something for Hiroshima and if you are in Japan, it's a must visit destination.
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Hiroshima Peace Park architect dies aged 91
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1. Architect Kenzo Tange looking at models of buildings in office - zooms in on face
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2. Exterior of National Gymnasium, designed by Tange for 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games
3. Interior of gymnasium
Hiroshima, Japan - August 18, 2003
4. Wide shot of river, with Atomic Bomb Dome ruin and Memorial Park on left and city buildings in background
5. Close-up of plaque reading (English), 'A-Bomb Dome'
6. Visitors in Peace Memorial Park, designed by Tange, walking past dome ruin
7. Visitors in park looking at sign
8. Architecture in Peace Memorial Park
9. Park visitors praying
10. Park architecture
11. Peace flame on park architecture - tilts up to dome ruin
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Kenzo Tange, the designer of many Tokyo landmarks and a mentor to a generation of groundbreaking Japanese architects, died on Tuesday of
heart failure at his home at the age of 91.
Tange, who retired aged 88, had been resting at his Tokyo home, according to a spokesman for his design office, Tange Associates.
Tange saw in the ashes of World War II a chance to create not just new buildings, but new cities.
His Peace Centre in Hiroshima, built four years after the US atomic bombing in 1945, was designed to become the spiritual core of the city, Tange said.
He also designed buildings across the globe.
Tange, who was born in Osaka on September 4, 1913, long pushed for a plan to redesign the chaotic, haphazard streets of Tokyo.
In the work considered his masterpiece - the twin gymnasia designed for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics - he placed two comma-shaped buildings with sweeping roofs like upside-down ships' hulls so as to connect two busy Tokyo districts.
I feel... that we architects have a special duty and mission... (to contribute) to the socio-cultural development of architecture and urban planning, Tange said.
When he won the prestigious Pritzker Prize in 1987, the jury said Tange shaped, as architect, teacher, and philosopher, half a century of Japanese building design and urban planning.
Tange is survived by his wife, Takako and their son Noritaka, 47, also an architect.
Funeral services will be held on Friday at St. Mary's Cathedral in Tokyo - a landmark church designed by Tange that was built in 1963.
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Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima Atomic Dome (Hiroshima's Atomic Bomb Genbaku Dome), and Peace Museum, Hiroshima, Japan. A tribute to peace at the commemoration of the 67th Anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb.
The famous Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima (Hiroshima Peace Memorial), Japan (Gembaku Domu in Japanese). This famous building is located next to the Aioi River and near the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima city. It was formerly the Industrial Promotion Hall. (It is located across the park from the Peace Museum.) At night, the Atomic Bomb Dome building is illuminated in a green light. It is also known as the A-Bomb Dome (or The Genbaku Dome in Japanese), and is part of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. It has been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The famous Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima (Hiroshima Peace Memorial), Japan (Gembaku Domu in Japanese). This famous building is located next to the Aioi River in Hiroshima city. It was formerly the Industrial Promotion Hall. It is located near the Peace Museum. At night, the Atomic Bomb Dome building is illuminated in a green light.
It is also known as the A-Bomb Dome (or The Genbaku Dome in Japanese), and is part of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. It has been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The building serves as a solemn memorial to the people who were tragically killed in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. Over 70,000 people were killed instantly due to the bombing, and another 70,000 suffered fatal injuries from the radiation. US president Harry Truman, made the difficult decision to authorise the atomic bombing of Japan during World War II. The Allied forces agreed to put an end to the Pacific War which was not ending - but rather costing many lives - civilian and military. At 8:15 am on 6 August 1945, Little Boy (the first atomic bomb to be used in any war) detonated almost directly above the dome (approximately 600 m above the dome). The Japanese city of Nagasaki was bombed three days later.
Apparently when the atomic bomb exploded, many people threw themselves into the nearby river to ease the pain - many did not survive.
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Hiroshima will soon commemorate the 67th anniversary of the tragic Atomic devastation.
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The Eternal Flame pictured serves as a reminder of the terror of atomic weapons, and will only be officially extinguished when the last atomic weapon is destroyed (disposed of).
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The atomic bombings of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan were conducted by the United States during the final stages of World War II in 1945. The two events are the only use of nuclear weapons in war to date.Following a firebombing campaign that destroyed many Japanese cities, the Allies prepared for a costly invasion of Japan. The war in Europe ended when Nazi Germany signed its instrument of surrender on 8 May, but the Pacific War continued. Together with the United Kingdom and the Republic of China, the United States called for a surrender of Japan in the Potsdam Declaration on 26 July 1945, threatening Japan with prompt and utter destruction. The Japanese government ignored this ultimatum, and the United States deployed two nuclear weapons developed by the Manhattan Project. American airmen dropped Little Boy on the city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945, followed by Fat Man over Nagasaki on 9 August.
Within the first two to four months of the bombings, the acute effects killed 90,000--166,000 people in Hiroshima and 60,000--80,000 in Nagasaki, with roughly half of the deaths in each city occurring on the first day. The Hiroshima prefecture health department estimated that, of the people who died on the day of the explosion, 60% died from flash or flame burns, 30% from falling debris and 10% from other causes. During the following months, large numbers died from the effect of burns, radiation sickness, and other injuries, compounded by illness. In a US estimate of the total immediate and short term cause of death, 15--20% died from radiation sickness, 20--30% from burns, and 50--60% from other injuries, compounded by illness. In both cities, most of the dead were civilians, although Hiroshima had a sizeable garrison.On 15 August, six days after the bombing of Nagasaki, Japan announced its surrender to the Allies, signing the Instrument of Surrender on 2 September, officially ending World War II. The bombings led, in part, to post-war Japan's adopting Three Non-Nuclear Principles, forbidding the nation from nuclear armament. The role of the bombings in Japan's surrender and their ethical justification are still debated.
Raw: Sec. of State Kerry at Hiroshima Memorial
(11 Apr 2016) U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visited the revered memorial to Hiroshima's atomic bombing, delivering a message of peace and hope for a nuclear-free world seven decades after the United States used the weapon for the first time in history and killed 140,000 Japanese.
Kerry on Monday became the most senior American official to travel to city, touring its peace museum with other foreign ministers of the Group of Seven industrialized nations and laying a wreath at the adjoining park's stone-arched monument, the exposed steel beams of Hiroshima's iconic A-Bomb Dome in the distance.
The otherwise somber occasion was lifted by the presence of about 800 Japanese schoolchildren waving flags of the G7 nations, including that of the United States, and cheering as the ministers walked past.
Kerry didn't speak publicly at the ceremony, though could be seen with his arm around Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, a Hiroshima native, and whispering in his ear. The ministers departed with origami cranes in their respective national colors around their neck, Kerry draped in red, white and blue.
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USA: WASHINGTON: HIROSHIMA SURVIVORS APPEAR IN MUSEUM EXHIBIT
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Survivors of the Hiroshima-Nagasaki atom bomb attacks are in Washington as part of an exhibit opening at American University.
Survivors and officials from both Japanese cities say they hope the exhibit will help prevent future use of nuclear weapons.
The display of pictures and artifacts taken from both cities after the A-bombs were dropped are part of a university summer-student programme.
Chinese students at American University say the display ignores important aspects of the Japanese legacy in World War II.
Hiroshima's mayor led a delegation today of Japanese citizens -- all guests of the American University -- invited to help Americans and others remember the unthinkable of fifty years ago.
Among the guests - survivors of the bombs dropped by U-S planes to end the war with Japan.
They're here at the opening of the university's own exhibit - a week after new controversy over the U-S museum display of the plane that dropped one of those bombs.
SOUNDBITE: (Japanese)
As a nation, both Japan and the United States are sharing delicate issues. But we are here beyond the nationalists point of view. We are here because we would like to explore what we should do to survive and to live for the future. The misunderstanding between the countries could be natural. But I'm hoping, as a citizen of Hiroshima, that we could narrow the gap between the citizens of Hiroshima and the citizens of the United States regarding the understanding of the consequences of the atomic bomb.
SUPER CAPTION: Takashi Hiraoka, Hiroshima Mayor
SOUNDBITE:
The exhibit is not being brought to present evidence for or against deciding who was an aggressor or not or how the decision was made to drop the bomb and so on. It is presented as testimony to the consequences of a nuclear act and what has happened that we can understand in the aftermath of moving beyond that.
SUPER CAPTION: Benjamin Ladner, President, American University
The exhibit is the first of a series of public events at American on the fiftieth anniversary marking the end of World War Two.
It's also part of a history course taught at the school. The professor who has been teaching the course for ten years says there's a lot about those A-bomb attacks to be learned from the exhibit.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
...What we're saying here is not something that is going to offend anybody. Soldiers who we've spoken to about this exhibit, who fought in the second world war, think this is a very valid and important story. They don't see this as in any way questioning or criticising or condemning their actions or demeaning their heroism in the war....or anybody questioning whether the United States was right to fight this war. I feel very strongly that this was a just war.
SUPER CAPTION: Professor Peter Kuznick, American University
SOUNDBITE: ...Yes the civilians, most women, that were killed in Nagasaki and Hiroshima, they were victims of war. All we are saying is that there were other victims.
SUPER CAPTION: Ao Wang, Chinese Student Association.
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Hiroshima, Japan - Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park - Children's Peace Monument (2019)
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park (広島平和記念公園 Hiroshima Heiwa Kinen Kōen) is a memorial park in the center of Hiroshima, Japan. It is dedicated to the legacy of Hiroshima as the first city in the world to suffer a nuclear attack, and to the memories of the bomb's direct and indirect victims (of whom there may have been as many as 140,000). The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park is visited by more than one million people each year. The park is there in memory of the victims of the nuclear attack on August 6, 1945. On August 6, 1945 the US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima Japan. The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park was planned and designed by the Japanese Architect Kenzō Tange at Tange Lab.
The location of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park was once the city’s busiest downtown commercial and residential district. The park was built on an open field that was created by the explosion. Today there are a number of memorials and monuments, museums, and lecture halls, which draw over a million visitors annually. The annual 6 August Peace Memorial Ceremony, which is sponsored by the city of Hiroshima, is also held in the park. The purpose of the Peace Memorial Park is to not only memorialize the victims, but also to establish the memory of nuclear horrors and advocate world peace.
There are three Peace Bells in the Peace Park. The smaller one is used only for the Peace Memorial Ceremony. Except that day, it is displayed in the east building of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. The more well-known Peace Bell stands near the Children's Peace Monument and consists of a large Japanese bell hanging inside a small open-sided structure. Visitors are encouraged to ring the bell for world peace and the loud and melodious tolling of this bell rings out regularly throughout the Peace Park. The Peace Bell was built out in the open on September 20, 1964. The surface of the bell is a map of the world, and the sweet spot is an atomic symbol, designed by Masahiko Katori [1899–1988], cast by Oigo Bell Works, in Takaoka, Toyama. The inscriptions on the bell are in Greek (γνῶθι σεαυτόν), Japanese, and Sanskrit. It is translated as Know yourself. The Greek embassy donated the bell to the Peace Park and picked out the most appropriate ancient Greek philosophical quote of Socrates. The Sanskrit text is a quotation from Longer Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra which was attested by the Indian ambassador. The Japanese text was provided by a university lecturer.
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Produced in 1945, The Atom Strikes was created by the U.S. Army Signal Corps Pictoral Division shortly after the end of the Second World War. It documents the findings of a commission sent to Japan to assess the damage caused by the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The film opens with footage of the blast of the world's first atomic bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico in July 1945. The film then focuses on the flight of the B-29 bomber Enola Gay and its mission over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The narrator mentions the military significance of the city and the fact that the city's residents were warned about an impending attack. The results of the bombing are then explained, with footage and descriptions of how various buildings were affected by the blast at different distances from ground zero. Afterwards, an interview with Father John A. Siemes, a Jesuit priest who was living at the Novitiate of the Society of Jesus in Nagatsuka, is shown giving a first hand account of the bombing. Siemes estimates that the bomb killed 100,000 people.
After the Japanese ignore an ultimatum, a second atomic bomb is dropped at Nagasaki. The narrator pointing out how much armament and other military supplies were being produced there. The effect of the atomic blast on local schools and churches is also shown.
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