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Nagasaki Bio Park founded. [17] Sister city relationship established with Fuzhou, China. [16] Population: 502,799. 1990 – January 18: 1990 Nagasaki shooting incident , targeting mayor Motoshima. 1995 – Iccho Itoh becomes mayor. 1996 – Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum built. 2000 – Population: 423,163. [19]
An estimated 90,000 to 166,000 people in Hiroshima (between 26 and 49 percent of its population) and 60,000 to 80,000 people in Nagasaki (between 22 and 32 percent of its population) died in 1945, of which a majority in each case were killed on the days of the bombings, due to the force and heat of the blasts themselves.
Near the end of World War II, the American atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki made Nagasaki the second city in the world to experience a nuclear attack. The city was rebuilt. [3] As of February 1, 2024, Nagasaki has an estimated population of 392,281 [1] and a population density of 966 people per km 2.
Nagasaki paid tribute to the victims of the U.S. atomic bombing 77 years ago on Aug. 9, with the mayor saying Russia's war on Ukraine showed the world that another nuclear attack is not just a ...
On Aug. 9, the United States dropped another bomb, dubbed "Fat Man," about 420 kilometers (261 miles) to the south over Nagasaki, instantly killing more than 75,000 people beneath a mushroom cloud ...
Atomic bombing of Nagasaki (9 August 1945): Of approximately 39,000–80,000 deaths, 27,778 were Japanese munitions workers, 2,000 were Korean slave laborers, and 150 were Japanese combatants. The air raids resulted in heavy damage to Japanese infrastructure and the deaths of 241,000–900,000 Japanese citizens (mostly civilians), as well as ...
Tanaka says he is ‘infinitely angered that nuclear taboo threatens to be broken’, pointing to Russia and Israel
The museum at the Nagasaki Peace Park replaced the Nagasaki International Culture Hall, where artifacts related to the bombing of Nagasaki were originally exhibited. These artifacts are now supplemented with photographs depicting daily life in Nagasaki before the atomic bomb was dropped, the devastation produced by the bomb, and the history of nuclear arms development.