Nagasaki wants nuke-free world on 77th year since A-bombing

The Yomiuri Shimbun A choral group of A-bomb survivors performs to open a memorial ceremony on the 77th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki in the city's Peace Park on Tuesday. (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

NAGASAKI -- Atomic bomb survivors and bereaved families of victims offered prayers for peace on Tuesday during the 77th ceremony marking the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki.

In the ceremony held from 10:40 a.m. at Nagasaki Peace Park, Mayor Tomihisa Taue said in the Nagasaki Peace Declaration, "We must recognize that ridding ourselves of nuclear weapons is the only realistic way of protecting the Earth and humankind's future at this very moment."