Every year on August 9, the day that the atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, this Foundation holds the Memorial Gathering for Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Victims, to express the condolences of Hiroshima, also hit by the atomic bomb, for those who lost their lives to the bomb in Nagasaki, and to renew our oath to achieve peace.
2017 Memorial Gathering was held in the Foyer on Floor B1 in the East Building of the Peace Memorial Museum. Around one hundred people attended, including atomic bomb survivors and visitors from Japan and overseas.
The Gathering opened with a speech by Mr. Kazuhiro Shiro, Executive Director of this Foundation, and this was followed by live television coverage of the Nagasaki Peace Memorial Ceremony. At 11:02am, the time that the atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, participants observed a minute of silence.
This was followed by a speech by Mr. Toshiyuki Mimaki, deputy director of the Hiroshima Prefectural Confederation of A-Bomb Sufferers' Organizations. The Gathering ended with a video of a Nagasaki atomic bomb witness testimony (witness: Mr. Shigeru Aoki).