China News Service, Tokyo, August 6th. On the 6th local time, the Hiroshima City of Japan held a "Peace Memorial Ceremony" at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. This year is also the 75th anniversary of the city's nuclear explosion.
Affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, this year's memorial ceremony was simplified and the number of attendees was greatly controlled. It is reported that the number of participants in this year's ceremony is about 800, which is still less than 10% of previous years.
The profile picture shows a woman praying for the victims in front of the monument in the Peace Memorial Park.
At 8:15 in the morning (the moment the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima), the "bell of peace" sounded, and all the attendees mourned. The representative of elementary school students from Hiroshima City read the "Pledge of Peace."
Later, Hiroshima Mayor Matsui Kazumitsu urged the Japanese government to sign and ratify the "Nuclear Prohibition Treaty." Matsui said that in order for Japan to play its role as a bridge between nuclear weapons holders and non-holders, the Japanese government should fully understand the feelings of those suffering from nuclear explosions and become a party to the treaty.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attended the commemorative ceremony and delivered a speech on the day. However, he still did not mention the "Nuclear Nuclear Weapons Treaty" in his speech. He only stated that Japan will strive to become a bridge between countries that hold different positions on the nuclear military, and promote relations between relevant countries. Dialogue and action.
Affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, United Nations Secretary-General Guterres failed to come to the scene, and he delivered a video speech. Guterres said that today, the hope of realizing a denuclearized world seems to be fading away. Disagreement, mistrust and lack of dialogue may return the world to an uncontrolled strategic nuclear race. The risk of nuclear weapons being used deliberately or accidentally due to misunderstanding is extremely high, and this trend cannot continue. The only way to completely eliminate the nuclear threat is to completely eliminate nuclear weapons.
In the past year, the number of deaths and confirmed deaths in Japan due to a nuclear explosion has reached 4,943. A roster with their names has been placed in the stone room of the "Nuclear Explosion Monument". A total of 324,129 deaths from nuclear explosions have been recorded so far.
According to statistics, as of the end of March this year, there were a total of 136,682 holders of the "Health Handbook for Persons Suffered from Nuclear Explosions" (identification certificates provided by the Japanese government) throughout Japan. Their average age continues to rise, reaching 83.31 years old. (Finish)