August 6, 2015 – Hiroshima marks 70 years since atomic bomb (BBC) August 6, 2015 Memorials and Museums A ceremony, attended by PM Shinzo Abe, was held at Hiroshima’s memorial park before thousands of lanterns are released on the city’s Motoyasu river. Please Share This Tweet Like Plus one Pin It Related Posts March 19, 2015 – “Comfort women statue proposal riles group of Japanese Canadians in Burnaby” (Burnaby Now) 'Comfort women' issue a controversy in Canada too: "Tina Rafferty, a Japanese-Canadian resident, spoke with… March 13, 2015 – “Taiwan Rebuffs China’s Suggestion of Joint World War II Commemoration” (VoA) "Taiwan has declined China’s pitch for joint participation in activities to mark the 70th anniversary… April 11, 2015 – “The Enola Gay: A Minor Mystery, Solved!” (NYTimes) "In the 1980s, the Smithsonian began restoring the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the…
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