Hiroshima

August 6, 2019

Remembering lives lost at Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Memorial events are planned across the UK for Hiroshima Day on 6 August and Nagasaki Day on 9 August.
August 5, 2017

Hiroshima Day events around the UK

Events have been arranged around the UK to mark the anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.
August 5, 2016

Prayer and hope mark anniversary of atomic bombings

This year, 6 and 9 August mark the 71st anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, two Japanese cities destroyed by atomic bombs with a combined death toll estimated at more than 225,000 people.
August 3, 2016

Pax Christi commemorate Hiroshima and Nagasaki anniversaries

Pax Christi members around the world will be commemorating the 71st anniversaries of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki which took place on 6 and 9 August 1945.
April 13, 2016

Kerry in Hiroshima – 'right words, but little action' says CND

Seventy years after the devastating atomic bombing of Hiroshima, US Secretary of State John Kerry has made a commemorative visit to the Hiroshima Peace Park, making him the most senior US official to have ever done so.
August 9, 2015

UN chief's Nagasaki tribute to all striving to rid world of nuclear weapons

In a message commemorating the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki, Ban Ki-moon has paid tribute to all who are striving to rid the world of nuclear weapons.
August 6, 2015

Faith leaders commemorate Hiroshima bombing saying ‘never again’

Religious leaders from many faiths gathered yesterday at an interfaith commemoration service held to mark the 70th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
August 5, 2015

CND commemorates Hiroshima Day

The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament ((CND) will today be commemorating the 70th anniversary of the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
August 2, 2015

War Game showing to mark 70th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

To mark the 70th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings, CND is hosting a screening of the classic anti-nuclear war film The War Game, including a discussion with the film's orig
July 23, 2015

Faith communities respond to 70th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Faith communities in the UK are responding to the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki which will be remembered around the world on 6 August.