Atomic bombing, Day of the American bombing of Hiroshima

 American atomic bomb survivors and bereaved families say that "the G7 summit it was not a step towards the abolition of nuclear weapons". It was August 6, 1945, 78 years ago, when on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, on the orders of the then American president Harry Truman. On Sunday, June 6, the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima was celebrated, the city of Hiroshima, a victim of the atomic bombing, will mourn the victims and call for the realization of a world free from nuclear weapons. According to Japanese news reports, atomic bomb survivors and bereaved families visited the Peace Park in Hiroshima city before dawn the same day to offer prayers.

The G7 summit was held in Hiroshima last May, and the sight of leaders of nuclear-weapon states, including the United States, France and the United Kingdom, laying wreaths at the cenotaph for atomic bomb victims was broadcast both to nationally and internationally, making it a historic event. A 'hibakusha' (Japanese term for survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki) referring to the fact that G7 leaders laid a wreath at the Peace Memorial Parko before starting the May summit in Hiroshima, he said: "Don't I believe that true peace will come." In addition, Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui stressed in the peace declaration: "The theory of nuclear deterrence affirmed in the nuclear disarmament document of the G7 summit in Hiroshima in May has failed." the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Also, in the city of Nagasaki, where the atomic bomb was dropped on August 9, atomic bomb survivors offered silent prayer at the time of the atomic bombing.