Remembering Hiroshima & Nagasaki
REMEMBERING HIROSHIMA & NAGASAKI
The US atomic bombings of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki took place on 6th and 9th August 1945.
By that years end, approximately 250,000 people had died from the effects of these weapons.
Hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors from these two events) continue to work to educate the world about the harms of nuclear weapons informed by their own lived experience. They and other survivors of nuclear weapons testing violence are some of the strongest voices calling for nuclear abolition.
In August 2025, we mark the 80th year since these weapons were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Commemorations are taking place across the globe to remember and to call for a world free from nuclear violence.
We honour all survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, including those carrying the intergenerational impacts of these events
EVENTS TAKING PLACE IN JAPAN FOR THE COMMEMORATIONS
Hiroshima
- Visit the City of Hiroshima site to learn about events for this commemorative year.
- The 2025 Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony will host representatives from 196 countries.
- The Japan NGO Network for Nuclear Weapons Abolition (JANA) is hosting a range of events.
- Children’s Peace Memorial launched by ICAN in 2025 is a powerful new contribution to remembering the impacts on children of these weapons.
- Learn more on the impacts of the weapons in Hiroshima through the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park & Museum
- For other events in towns across Hiroshima Prefecture please visit Hiroshima for Global Peace
- Hear from the United Nations Youth Dialogue for International Peace on Hiroshima, live streamed on August 6th.
Nagasaki
- The Nagasaki City Tourism – “Peace Special Feature” lists peace-related events for the commemorations in Nagasaki.
- Learn more on the impacts of the weapons in Nagasaki through Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum.
- Virtually visit the Nagasaki Peace Park.