Japan marks 71st anniversary of Hiroshima atomic bombingTOKYO — Japan is marking the 71st anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima by renewing calls for a nuclear weapons free world. Another atomic bombing three days after Hiroshima killed more than 70,000 people in Nagasaki. Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui says world leaders should follow President Barack Obama and learn first-hand about the evils of nuclear weapons. Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to visit Hiroshima. Obama in May paid tribute to 140,000 people killed by the world’s first atomic bomb attack that was dropped by the U.S. to force Japan’s capitulation in World War II.

Source: Manila Bulletin August 06, 2016 00:33 UTC