Hiroshima Marks Anniversary of Atomic Bombing

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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.

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