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Japan marks 72 anniversary of Hiroshima atomic bomb

Sunday, 06 August 2017 3:58 PM [ Last Update: Sunday, 06 August 2017 3:59 PM ]

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (R) offers a new list of A-bomb dead, people who died since last year's anniversary from the side effects of radiation, during the 72nd anniversary memorial service for the atomic bomb victims at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on August 6, 2017. (AFP)

Albert Siegel
Press TV, Tokyo

It's been 72 years since the first use of atomic bombs. Japan and many around the world mark the event as a lesson that must never be forgotten or repeated.

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