(8 Aug 2025)
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Nagasaki, Japan – 8 August 2025
1. Pan of people observing minute of silence at 11:02 (the time the atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki)
2. Head of Korean Residents Union (Mindan) in Nagasaki, Kang Seong Choon, receiving a wreath
3. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Kang Seong Choon, Head of Korean Residents Union in Nagasaki:
"To have this memorial was a long-awaited dream for all, especially for the older generation. I believe it is good for the Korean Hibakushas (people who were affected by the atomic bombing) who are still with us, and the best way to console the souls who have passed away."
4. Wreath being placed in front of the stone memorial
5. People holding white chrysanthemums to offer
6. 94-year-old atomic bomb survivor, Toshio Yoshioka, praying
7. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Toshio Yoshioka, 94, atomic bomb survivor:
"I feel very close to South Korea. That is why I come to pray for their souls."
8. Zoom out of people offering flowers and prayers
9. Various of monks in front of the memorial
STORYLINE:
People in Japan attended a memorial ceremony Friday for the South Koreans killed in Nagasaki’s atomic bombing – commemorating the day before the bomb was dropped 80 years ago.
Around 80 people gathered around the memorial built four years ago in front of the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum, near the hypocenter.
A moment of silence was held at 11:02 a.m. local time (0202GMT), the time when the bomb was dropped.
The U.S. bomb that was dropped August 9, 1945, killing over 70,000 in the city, including wartime Korean workers and prisoners of war.
According to Korean Atomic Bomb Victims Association, over 50,000 Koreans in Nagasaki and Hiroshima lost their lives due to the bombings.
Nobuto Hirano has long championed providing state assistance to Korean victims of the atomic bombing, and told The Associated Press that noone can be certain about the actual number.
The stone memorial was built in 2021, and took almost 30 years since its planning, said Kang Seoung Choon, the head of Korean Residents Union (Mindan) in Nagasaki.
"It was a long-awaited dream for the those in Nagasaki, especially for the older generation," Kang Seoung Choon added.
Toshio Yoshioka, a 94-year-old who experienced the atomic bombing himself, has been attending the ceremony every year as he felt a strong bond with South Korea.
As a police officer stationed in Tsushima, a Japanese island located closer to South Korea than Japan, he investigated cases which involved South Koreans for over 40 years.
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