Hiroshima mayor, Abe call for abolition of nuclear weapons on 70th anniversary of A-bomb

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HIROSHIMA--Referring to nuclear weapons as the "ultimate inhumanity," Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui called on the nations of the world to create a security structure that does not rely on military force.

Matsui read this year's Peace Declaration at a ceremony on Aug. 6 at Peace Memorial Park marking the 70th anniversary of the dropping of the world's first atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

He also pledged to make greater efforts to transmit the facts of the atomic bombing to future generations in light of the aging of the hibakusha, who survived the atomic bomb, and the decreasing number of individuals who can provide a first-hand account of the events of Aug. 6, 1945.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe also spoke at the ceremony and said, "We will make further efforts toward realization of a world without nuclear weapons."

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