Listing of 76-years-on commemorations of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima (August 6) and Nagasaki (August 9), Japan

Please see the entries below, for a listing of commemorations. (Also below you'll see entries re: related subject matter, such as petitions for individuals to sign, as well as group sign-on letters.)

If you can't find one near you to plug into, consider organizing a local one yourself with friends, family, neighbors, co-workers, and kindred spirits.

Note that due to the ongoing and even worsening pandemic, there are a number of virtual commemorations also taking place.

We will continue to update this listing of events below as we learn of more.

RECOGNITION AT LAST: Hiroshima victims win court case

A group of hitherto unrecognized citizens of Hiroshima, who were contaminated by the radioactive and toxic “black rain” that fell after the August 6, 1945 atomic bombing of that city, won an important day in court last month. The 84 plaintiffs, who were living outside the official contamination zone when the bomb was dropped, will now receive the same health care and compensation as others, known as “Hibakusha”, according to the decision made by the Hiroshima high court. Importantly, the court acknowledged that people’s health was harmed not only by external exposures but by internal exposure to radiation through the ingestion of contaminated water and food. The ruling comes just in time as many Hibakusha have already passed away.

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OLYMPIC MOMENT OF SILENCE? 76 years since Hiroshima atomic bombing

Twisted wreckage left in the aftermath of the Hiroshima atomic bombingBeyond Nuclear has joined with more than 120 organizations, and thousands of individuals, calling on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to observe a respectful moment of silence on August 6 at 8:15am Japan time, to mark 76 years since the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Combined with Nagasaki three days later, the two atomic bombings killed more than 226,000 people, and inflicted lifelong suffering, including from radiation damage, on countless thousands of Hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors). The IOC has rejected the call, but its initiator, former Hiroshima Mayor, Tadatoshi Akiba, has not given up hope, despite the late hour. Please see our Nuclear Weapons website section for listings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki commemorations in the U.S. and worldwide.

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Rejection of US Hiroshima Myths Long Overdue

As reported by John LaForge of Nukewatch Wisconsin, published at Antiwar.com.

In 1947, a D.C. church reached out to a school in devastated Hiroshima

As reported by the Washington Post.