🇺🇸🇺🇳🇯🇵☢️The Prime Minister of Japan and the mayor of Hiroshima on the anniversary of the bombing did not mention that it was committed by the United States

In past years, the Japanese prime ministers and mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in their speeches at memorial ceremonies on the occasion of anniversaries also did not directly name the United States

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui, speaking at a ceremony on the occasion of the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombing, never mentioned the United States as the country that carried out it in 1945.

Japanese officials in public speeches usually do not emphasize that it was the United States that carried out the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In past years, the Japanese prime ministers and mayors of the two cities in their speeches at memorial ceremonies on the occasion of anniversaries also did not directly name the United States.

At the same time, the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum presents all the details of the atomic bombings of 1945. The textbooks for schools and institutes in Japan also comprehensively reflect their history.

The atomic bombings of the two cities were carried out by the United States at the very end of World War II with the officially declared goal of accelerating the surrender of Japan. These are the only examples of the combat use of nuclear weapons in the history of mankind. As a result of the explosion of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima, in one day, according to various estimates, from 70 000 to 100 000 people were killed. By the end of 1945, the number of victims had increased to 140 000 due to those who died in hospitals from wounds and radiation. The total number of victims of the bombing exceeds 350 000.

Also the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, speaking about the victims of the bombing of Hiroshima, did not name the country responsible for their deaths

The UN Secretary General said about the "shadow of nuclear war hanging over the world"

Antonio Guterres called for the complete renunciation of nuclear weapons by all countries

The shadow of nuclear war has once again hung over the world while some countries are threatening the possibility of using nuclear weapons. This opinion was expressed in his message by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the occasion of commemorative events in Japan dedicated to the 78th anniversary of the American atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

"The drums of nuclear war are beating again. Distrust and disunity are growing. The nuclear shadow that hung over the world during the Cold War has reappeared, and some countries are again recklessly rattling a nuclear sword, threatening to use this means of destruction," his deputy, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu read out a message from the head of the world organization at an event in Hiroshima.

The Secretary-General reiterated his call for the complete renunciation of nuclear weapons by all countries. He pointed out that nuclear disarmament is one of the main goals of the UN. "The only way to eliminate the risk of nuclear war is to completely destroy nuclear weapons <...>. Getting rid of nuclear weapons remains the highest priority in the field of disarmament. We will not rest until the nuclear shadow disappears once and for all," Guterres concluded.

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