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Agence France-Presse

The Japanese city of Nagasaki on Tuesday marked 71 years since its destruction by a US atomic bomb, with its mayor lauding a visit by US President Barack Obama to Hiroshima earlier this year.
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A bell tolled as thousands of people, including ageing survivors and relatives of victims, observed a minute’s silence at 11:02 am local time, the exact moment the of the blast.
Some 74,000 people died in the initial explosion, while thousands of others perished months or years later from radiation sickness.

The attack came three days after the US dropped the first ever atomic bomb on Hiroshima, which ultimately killed 140,000 people.
Japan marks anniversary of US nuclear bombing of Hiroshima
Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue lauded Obama’s landmark May visit to Hiroshima - the first ever by a sitting US president.
“Knowing the facts becomes the starting point for thinking about a future free of nuclear weapons,” Taue said, calling on other world leaders to visit his city.

Local officials and those who survived the bombing called for strict adherence to Japan’s post-war tradition of pacifism and were critical of the Japanese government.
“The government of Japan, while advocating nuclear weapons abolition, still relies on nuclear deterrence,” the mayor said, calling it a “contradictory state of affairs”.
Hiroshima mayor Kazumi Matsui on Saturday marked the commemoration of the bombing of his city, also citing Obama’s visit.

He said the visit was proof the US President shared his city’s view of the “absolute evil” of nuclear weapons.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in his address in Nagasaki, called on world leaders to honour the global Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty.
“We must not allow a repeat of the horrible experiences of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that happened 71 years ago,” Abe said.

Abe has moved to extend the scope of Japan’s military and deepen the nation’s alliance with Washington in the face of threats from China’s expanding military strength and unpredictable North Korea.
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North Korea last week test fired a ballistic missile that landed in waters off Japan’s coast for the first time.


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Doves are released into the air around the Peace Statue at Nagasaki Peace Park in Nagasaki, during a ceremony to mark the 71st anniversary of the US atomic bombing of the city. Photo: Kyodo

FILE - In this Sept. 4, 1945 file photo, the remains of a factory are seen, upper left, in the southern Japanese city of Nagasaki, gutted by the Aug. 9 atomic bombing. On two days in August 1945, U.S. planes dropped two atomic bombs, one on Hiroshima, one on Nagasaki, the first and only time nuclear weapons have been used. Their destructive power was unprecedented, incinerating buildings and people, and leaving lifelong scars on survivors, not just physical but also psychological, and on the cities themselves. Days later, World War II was over. (AP Photo/File)

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) offers silent prayers during a ceremony at Nagasaki Peace Park in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, at 11:02 a.m. on Aug. 9, 2016, the exact time the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city 71 years ago. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

US President Barack Obama hugs Shigeaki Mori, a survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, during a visit to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on May 27, 2016. Obama on May 27 paid moving tribute to victims of the world's first nuclear attack. / AFP PHOTO / JIM WATSON

Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue reads out his Peace Declaration at Nagasaki Peace Park in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 9, 2016, during a ceremony to mark the 71st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue criticised Japan’s policy of advocating the elimination of nuclear weapons while relying on the United States for nuclear deterrence


On anniversary of Nagasaki blast, mayor launches attack on Japan’s ‘contradictory’ nuclear stance

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Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue criticised Japan’s policy of advocating the elimination of nuclear weapons while relying on the United States for nuclear deterrence