This Foundation, together with Hiroshima City, held the memorial gathering for Nagasaki atomic bomb victims on August 9, the date that the bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. The event was held as an opportunity for the other bombed city, Hiroshima, to express its condolences to Nagasaki's atomic bomb victims and renew its vow for peace.
Around 100 people attended the gathering held last year in the lobby on the first floor of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, including hibakusha and visitors from Japan and overseas.
Participants first watched the live television coverage of the Nagasaki Peace Ceremony, and then all observed a moment of silence at 11.02am, the time when the bomb was dropped.
This was followed by a speech by Mr. Sunao Tsuboi, Chairperson of the Board of Hiroshima Prefecture Confederation of Atomic Bomb Sufferers' Associations. The session ended with a video of a Nagasaki atomic-bomb witness testimony (witness: Mr. Sigeru Aoki).