The ceremony, which will have representatives from 120 countries and regions, takes place at a time of various wars and calls to nuclear disarmament.
Japan marks this Wednesday with appeals to the abandonment of nuclear weapons and the end of wars in Ukraine and the Middle East.
On August 6, 1945, at 8:15 am (00:15 in Lisbon), the United States launched an atomic bomb over the city of Hiroxima, immediately killing about 140,000 people.
Three days later, an identical bomb hit Nagasaki and killed 74,000 more people.
The two attacks, which precipitated the end of World War II (1939-1945), are the only cases in history in which nuclear weapons were used in war time.
Representatives of 120 countries and regions, as well as the European Union, should attend the ceremony in HIROXIMAa record number, according to the authorities of the city of southwest Japan.
Main states with nuclear weapons, such as the Russia, China and Pakistan, will not be presentAs long as Iran, accused of trying to purchase the bomb, will be represented.
Contrary to usual practice, Japan said it did not choose the guests for the ceremony, but notified all countries and regions of the event.
Palestine and Taiwan, which Japan does not officially recognize as countries, announced for the first time the presence at the event.
“The existence of leaders [políticos] who want to reinforce military power to resolve conflicts, including the possession of atomic weapons, makes the establishment of world peace difficult, “the Mayor said last week HIROXIMAKazumi Matsui, referring to wars in Ukraine and the Middle East.
Matsui invited last month the president of the United States to visit HIROXIMAwhen Donald Trump compared the recent air attacks against Iran to atomic bombing of 1945.
“It seems to me that he [Trump] It does not quite understand the reality of atomic bombing, which, if used, cost many innocent citizens, friends or enemies, and threaten humanity’s survival, “he said at the time.
HIROXIMA It is currently a prosperous metropolis with 1.2 million inhabitants, but the ruins of a building topped by the metal skeleton of a summit remain in the city center as a recall of the horror of the attack.
“It is important that many people gather in this city hit by the atomic bomb because the wars are still” in the world, said Toshiyuki Mimaki, co -president of the Nihon Hidankyo organization, formed by pump survivors and a 2024 Nobel Prize winner.
Nihon Hidankyo wants governments to take action to eliminate nuclear weapons, based on the testimonies of the survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, known as ‘Hibakusha’.
“I want foreign representatives to visit the Memorial Peace Museum and understand what happened” under the atomic cloud in the form of mushroom, Mimaki said.
Transmitting the memory of the ‘Hibakusha’ and the lessons learned from the catastrophe is an increasing challenge for the organization, as the average age of survivors is currently 86 years.
“I believe the global trend for a world without nuclear weapons will continue. The youngest generation is working hard to achieve it,” said 80 -year -old Kunihiko Sakuma, who was 9 months old in 1945 and was three kilometers from the point of impact.
Sakuma, who is expected to meet Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, after the ceremony, intends to appeal to Tokyo to add to the UN treaty about the ban on nuclear weapons, signed in 2017.
Tokyo refused to sign the treaty, claiming that the goal is unattainable without the help of states with nuclear weapons.
