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Nagasaki Bombing History, 67th Anniversary Observed By Thousands In Japan

Mushroom cloud rises above Nagasaki, Japan in 1945
As the Japan observed the 67th anniversary of the atom bomb being dropped on Nagasaki, Japanese officials promised they would strive to have a society that is much less reliant on nuclear energy. The Associated Press reported that around 6,000 people met at a park that was the central point of the 1945 attack.
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