80th Remembrance of Hiroshima Special Website | Hiroshima Prefectural Office

On August 6, 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima for the first time in human history. Within that year, the bomb took the lives of some 140,000 people.
The year 2025 marks the 80th year since this incident.

Currently, there are more than 12,000 nuclear weapons stockpiled on the earth, and dependence on nuclear deterrence has become even stronger. In this environment, Hibakusha, who suffer from the lingering effects of the bombing, continue to convey the tragic realities of the atomic bombings and the vital necessity of abolishing nuclear weapons. It is our mission to pass down their earnest desire for peace to future generations and achieve nuclear abolition.

This year, 80 years after the atomic bombings and the end of World War II, we have opened a special webpage to deliver a powerful message on peace from Hiroshima to the world. It is my sincere hope that you will join us in the movement to make this year a strategic turning point towards the realization of a peaceful world without nuclear weapons.