Hiroshima held a small ceremony on Friday to commemorate the first atomic bomb attack in history 76 years ago.
Survivors, relatives, as well as politicians and dignitaries attended the main event in the city to commemorate the victims and call for world peace.
For the second year in a row, the commemoration due to the corona pandemic took place on a relatively small scale.
The ceremony was broadcast online.
Participants held a silent prayer at 8:15 a.m.
At this time on August 6, 1945, the US bomber "Enola Gay" dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, which killed around 140,000 people.
The atomic bombing of Nagasaki followed three days later.
The organizers in Hiroshima had previously been disappointed that the commemoration at the Olympic Games in Tokyo was ignored.
A request for a minute's silence had been rejected by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
IOC boss Thomas Bach had traveled to Hiroshima before the games started.
However, he was accused of using the trip for PR purposes.