amy: hiroshima survivor speaking with us remembering the bombing of hiroshima that she survived. name given to the survivors is hibakusha, atomic bomb survivor. john dear, for many years hibakusha would come to los alamos. i remember one year covering them as they spread seeds over the site or the bombs were built -- where the bombs were built. >> yes, two years ago we hosted a delegation of 25 hibakusha and their children. imagine that never left hiroshima and they got off the plane and came into new mexico and we took them up to los alamos. and they wept and told us their stories. but they were also very moved to find out that ordinary americans are calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons with them. so there was hope, i thought, as we befriended each other and continued to build connections especially from los alamos and santa fe, new mexico with hiroshima and nagasaki. and this is our hope, to continue to global solidarity, a global movement to abolish these weapons once and for all and take that trillion dollars to end poverty, clean up the environment, and fund nonviole

>> my class was evacuated from tokyo to hiroshima.tudying in the city of hiroshima. >> can you describe what happened on the morning of august 6? probably, i saw a light like which filled the whole valley. looking out of my window to find out the reason for this to kill your phenomenon i saw nothing -- for thist peculiar phenomenon, i saw nothing but the light. i heard a crash. it might have been 10 seconds after seeing the flash light. covered withi was splinters from the window frames and glass sticking into the walls and my flesh itself. i tried to get out of my room and found that a house had been severely damaged by the blast of this explosion. i had the impression that the bomb had immediately crashed on the house it was so severe and strong of a concussion. looking out at the house i saw no trace of the bomb itself, but three meters from the house i saw several different houses on fire. after a while we saw a procession of people coming from the outskirts of the city up the valley. many of them, most of them, were wounded. espe

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we combined artifacts from hiroshima and nagasaki with 15 fabulous hiroshima panels. these can be compared to picasso's "guernica," or "the rape of the sabine women," or other classic paintings of that sort. we put that together with drawings from hiroshima that i am pretty sure is the most elaborate exhibit of the atomic bombings ever held in the united states. we have children's drawings from the elementary school. that was the origin of our exhibit in 1995. 15 years later we have a more elaborate exhibit. elaboratee most exhibit on the atomic bombing that has ever been held in the united states. it is overwhelming. i cannot tell you how many people have written to me who have seen it. and said it left them in tears. is one of the most famous images out of nagasaki. girl, theyoung caption says dazed. she is holding a rice ball. there is blood on her face. she has such a cold look in her eyes. a forlorn distant gaze. like so many other people. she did not know what had happened. these are people who lived through the bombings. they thought the bomb had landed on thei

the hiroshima bomb, 200,000 dead by 1950.he estimates for nagasaki are 7000 dead by the end of 1945 100 40,000 dead by 1950 -- 140,000 dead by 1950. they were different kinds of bombs. here, we've got some of the more human artifacts, in a way. you've got the shoe of a young student, 13-year-old boy who was killed in the bombing. you've got the hat of a junior high school student who was killed. you have the water bottle of a young boy 13-year-old who was killed by the bomb. here, we've got one of the replicas. a replica of the lunchbox from a 12-year-old girl who totally disappeared. no trace ever found upper. inside, carbonized rice and t. -- tea. back in 1995, if they wanted to cancel the big funeral at a visit -- you know likeenola gay visit, we suggested to artifacts. the enola gay and this lunchbox. that was the last thing they wanted to display. they wanted artifacts about the victims, photographs of the victims, statements by american military leaders. they want that controversy. here was a more historical panel. i wo

we combined artifacts from hiroshima and nagasaki with 15 fabulous hiroshima panels. these can be compared to picasso's "guernica," or "the rape of the sabine women," or other classic paintings of that sort. we put that together with drawings from hiroshima that i am pretty sure is the most elaborate exhibit of the atomic bombings ever held in the united states. it is overwhelming. i cannot tell you how many people have written to me who have seen it. this is a young girl parachute looks dazed. there is blood on her face. she has got such a look in your eyes. gaze. for loan, distant like summoning of the other people, she did not know what happened to her. she did not know what had occurred. so many the people who lived for the bombing said they were sure the bomb had landed on their house. they figure that is what it happened. they went outside and they saw that all of hiroshima or all of nagasaki was ablaze, and the fires are coming toward them to you see one of the panels called "fire." what it was like for the survivors engulfed in flames. this, we have got a cruc

was stationede at the time in hiroshima.o, regiments of the city were wiped out. >> what was stationed at the time in hiroshima. is your opinion -- >> i think it is just a rumor because i myself and others of us have looked into the city itself immediately after the explosion and we felt no effects at all. >> cell is about the japanese actions towards -- tell us about the japanese actions towards the americans and the bomb. anybody -- heard a single outburst of hate against the americans. during the whole war, we did not hatrednce much about against the allies. as a matter of fact, at the beginning of the war after the japanese victories, the japanese were inclined to move down on the enemy. accordingoffensive, to -- we began to admire the skill of the americans. and especially since the majestic b-29 appeared over tokyo, every japanese admired the excellent skill of the americans. >> what is your and your colleagues' opinion as to the use of the atomic bomb? >> we have discussed amongst ourselves. some consider it in the sa

hiroshima mayor placed a list of the victims' name in a senno taf. more than 297,000 people were killed instantly from the bomb or later from long-term effects. matt suey called for an end to nuclear arms. >> translator: to co-exist we must abolish the absolute evil and ultimate inhumanity that are nuclear weapons. now is the time to start taking action. >> the ceremony comes as prime minister shinzo abe aims to reshape national security policy. legislation now under debate would allow japan to exercise the right to collective self-defense. some atomic bomb survivors say the legislation goes against the desire to create a world without nuclear weapons. they're demanding it be withdrawn. abe expressed his commitment to global dialogue. >> translator: japan will continue to seek cooperation from both nuclear armed and non-nuclear armed countries to do even more to achieve a world without nuclear weapons. since early this morning, people have been coming to pay their respect to those who lost their lives. those offering prayers include bereaved families

in hiroshima. 23 of them in the bombing. many of them survived, only to be been to death by enraged japanese citizens. -- only to be beaten to death by enraged japanese citizens. they depicted several women among the american pows. there were no women there. it is baffling why they chose to do so. we see the progression in thinking -- in the beginning they focused on japanese victims. then, their consciousness began expanding. they start to show the japanese as also victimizers. they have one panel on the rape of nanjing, one on auschwitz. they are trained to make this a broader human story. -- trying to make this a broader human story. this one is titled "floating lantern." we participate in the evening of august 6 and the floating lantern ceremony. so many of the people jumped in the river to try to escape the flames or cool their bodies that have been badly burned. many of them died. these descriptions of the river that night, a sea of floating corpses. what people did to commemorate they hold the lantern ceremony every y

seven decades on, hiroshima has been rebuilt. so has the school. but in the backyard sits a reminder of its dark past. i asked kitagawa what it means to him. >> it honors the hundreds of students and teachers killed in the bomb. there were hundreds of corns and bones here. the fact i survived and many didn't it's important for me to come and pray for them. >> reporter: does the u.s. allow you and people like you an apology? >> that's a normal expectation when somebody does something wrong to you. we have waited 70 years and it hasn't happened. >> what about the fact that the bomb ended the war sooner? >> that's an american myth. it was obvious to many people that it was going to end soon because japan was already incapable of fighting. >> it is the subject of debate among historians. we met her in april when she was marching to the u.n, demanding that the world do more about nuclear weapons. >> we have been telling people how horrible it is and so forth and nothing is happening. >> reporter: now as japan marks 70 years since the bombs fell, the num

hiroshima and hiroshima. truman: the only person i ever asked about this was the former mayor of hiroshima. he said it does not matter. americans will pronounce it the way they pronounce it. the japanese pronunciation they do it differently. they do not put an accent or strengthening i cannot fathom the explanation very well. he said it does not matter. host: both are acceptable. truman: yes. host: i will do my best to mimic you. set the stage for us. the city is large. 1.4 million people. how much is the memorial a part of the city? truman: it is the center. it is the heart of the city. it is a beautiful park full of memorials. there's the peace museum itself. there's this sadako memorial. there is a memorial to all of the victims of the bombing. it is beautiful. hiroshima calls itself a city of peace. nagasaki so does. they are cities of peace. they take that very seriously. it is a beautiful place. host: we will see the memorial park. as you saw it on the august 4 date. www.c-span.org -- [indiscernible] ho

people is the next challenge >>> japan is marking 70 years since the atom bomb was dropped on hiroshima. >>> prosecutors in france have confirmed part of a wing found on the island of reunion does belong to a malaysian airlines plane that went missing last year. andrew potter reports. >>reporter: for 17 months families of the passengers and crew have worried and cried over an airliner that apparently disappeared without a trace. finally confirmation on a piece of wreckage found on a french island confirms that flight. >> it is with a very heavy heart that i must tell you that an international team of experts have conclusively confirmed that aircraft debris found on reunion island is indeed from mh 370. >>reporter: the part washed up on the island of reunion in the indian ocean last week. the piece was sent to the french military aviation center for examination. malaysian authorities also examined it >> we can say the part found belonged to mh 370. boeing confirmed it came from a triple 7. secondly, malaysian airlines confirmed it -- >> even before the announcement was made, some said th

bbc news hiroshima.ra: for more on today' events i spoke with a senior fellow for japan studies at the council of foreign relations. 70 years on, is the horror of hiroshima resonating in america? guest: we talk about the 70th anniversary at the end with the war and the dropping of the bomb. sometimes the link between the american use of the weapon and the impact on japan is not made. laura: how much does hiroshima guide japanese foreign-policy, or are they beginning to emerge from the shadow? ian: ring the only country -- being the only country that has suffered from a nuclear weapon continues to influence their policy. they are a strong advocate of nonproliferation. you will see a japan that is nervous about its neighbors particularly its nuclear neighbor, china. laura: how difficult will it be for prime minister shinzo abe to change the constitution away from the pacifist leaning? guest: he will allow the japanese military to work with other militaries. he is not saying that japan will have offensive m

and seven years ago this week, hiroshima -- 70 years ago this week, hiroshima was all but destroyed by an atomic bomb. we look back at the few things that survived. ♪ welcome to our viewers on public television in america and elsewhere around the globe. saying there is no greater threat to future generations, today president obama unveiled plans for cutting greenhouse gas emissions by one third in 15 years. and to rely more heavily on wind and solar power, but he faces stiff opposition. >> president obama has taken the gloves off in the fight over global warming. in a video that is unusually blunt, he says temperatures are rising in greenhouse gases are to blame. america has been accused for decades of dragging its feet on climate change. after curbing other forms of pollution, the president says carbon is next. president obama: existing pollutants can dump powerful amounts of harmful pollutants into the air we breathe. >> i don't want millions of people's lives disrupted and this world more dangerous because we didn't do something about that. it would be shameful of us. this is our mo

experiences and the meaning of hiroshima and nagasaki. >> roxana saberi, al jazeera hiroshima, japan. >> that's our show for today. i'm ali velshi. thank you for joining us. >> first real clue. >> debris found on reunion island is indeed from mh370. >> malaysia says a wing fragment found on a beach is the most definitive link yet to the missing airliner. >>> all out pitch. >> let's not mince words. the choice is ultimately between diplomacy or some form of war. >> a dire warming as the president steps up his campaign for deal curb iran's nuclear program. >>> one year later. >> my struggle is: getting justice for mike brown. >> a mother reflects on the fatal police shooting that ignites the country. tony harris last the interview. >>> and redefining parental leave for moms and dads. >> good evening i'm antonio mora. this is al jazeera america. we begin with msf mh370 the malaysia airlines that vanished 15 months ago. investigators confirm that the debris that washed ashore last month from on reunion island is debris from mh370. john terret. >> unbelievably at this late hour in the day

hiroshima. as the world ribs. >> ask we begin with a look back at a tumultuous year with ferguson, missouri. the day that marks a year since the unarmed teen was shot and killed by darren wilson. it led to a department investigation and several regular nations, shining a spotlight on the african-american community and the police officers. for michael's death in 2014, the wounds are still raw and deep. in an exclusive interview with aljazeera, his mother discussed her son's death and the events that followed. and she shared her thoughts on the man who killed her son. >> i think that i had to be at work at 7:30, 7:00, so i went to work. >> august 9th began like any other workday for leslie. by lunchtime her life would change forever. around noon, she received the first of two merr phonecalls. >> when he called, he didn't tell me that it was my son, he said that something happened to somebody, and they were lying in the street. and when he referred to them, he said this boy, he didn't say a man, an

plus 70 years after hiroshima, two survivors remember.week, thousands of professional computer hackers are descending on las vegas for the annual black hat convention. the big topic they're talking about is cars.

hiroshima and nagasaki have taught me many things about humanity.hrough understanding the human experience we can understand a better way. so i took that from this journey and i hope to reflect on it more. >>> millions of lives lost. and 70 years later few who survived world war ii remain alive. japan is the only country to have been attacked with atomic bombs. how can its people help promote peace. don't miss our special coverage from hiroshima and nagasaki. the war 70 years on. >>> a u.s. veteran who took a flag from a famous japanese battleship is sending the war souvenir back home. the former marine says it should be back in its rightful place aboard the mikasa. he handed it over to a u.s. veterans support group. he asked them to make sure it gets back safely to japan. he took the souvenir from the mikasa 70 years ago. he was stationed in japan soon after the end of world war ii. admiral heihachiro togo used the mikasa at the head of his fleet in the war. the japanese defeated the russian baltic fleet in the sea of japan. commanders decommission

i was working in the hiroshima mitsubishi shipyard. [speaking japanese] >> it has been 70 years since 80t day, and right now i am six years old. it is a pleasure to visit washington dc to share my experience with an american audience. i will do my best to remember that day and talk about that experience. >> [speaking japanese] >> on the morning of august 6 we went out for a morning assembly before starting our work in the factory. right after the morning assembly finished we heard a very loud sound with an immense purple flash across the sky from the window. everybody rushed into a wild panic. shelter weack to the saw an enormously swollen clouds appear across the clear blue sky. it was a very sunny day. at first we thought it was beautiful because it was very white and a large cloud we have never seen four. it started growing larger and larger and finally became a mushroom shape, known as the mushroom cloud. the color started to turn reddish brown. >> [speaking japanese] >> after the bombing the students were ordered to go home. my ho

. >> reporter: as japan from pairs to mark 70 years since the hiroshima bomb being.are in a tough legal battle to be recognized as victims of the world's first mike nuclear attack. >>> the united nations is saying in afghanistan nearly 5,000 civilians have been killed or injured so far this year. in its new report the u.n. says a growing number of women and children are among the victims. u.n. says a thousand 592 civilians were killed between january and june, that's a 1% increase on the same period last year. another 3,300 afghan civilians were wounded. that's already surpassing last year's casualty figures. which are considered the highest ever. and a growing enough of victims are women and children. 23% more women are getting hurt, 13% of children. jennifer glasse spoke to one family mourning the loss of their son. >> reporter: he says his days are pulling of suffering now, his only son, 14 year old was killed by the blast wave of a nearby suicide bomb attack. >> translator: he was a good, smart, and brave boy. he told me all the time that he wanted to be a lawyer

hiroshima and the world changed on august 6th, 1945. she has been writing about atomic bomb survivors for 40 years. she's come back to japan to find out more about the ongoing aftermath of 1945. >> i want to have plenty of time to look around and to get the feeling. you know, it's not -- it's not quite easy to get the feeling because hiroshima has grown. it has changed very much. >> reporter: braw has asked an old friend for help. keiko is one of the few survivors with good english skills. braw wanted to speak with children of survivors to hear how the bombing affected their lives. this man was born in 1946, a year after the bombing. he says he and many of his friends had trouble finding jobs and spouses. >> did you ever experience any discrimination? >> reporter: a lack of information about the effects of radiation led to discrimination. braw wanted to see how young people from other countries would react to the stories of survivors. she went to a seminary where ogura described her experiences on that fateful day. high school and unive

we'll cross to hiroshima, and bring in harry fawcett. with more on the commemorations taking place. >> that's right. this is the last major event of this 70th anniversary commemoration here in hiroshima. it's extraordinarily, really, when you look around here. the sheer numbers of people that have come to mark this moment. they set the lanterns off in the river below us, the scene of such horror and misery as people tried to get down there to get some kind of comfort for their burning flesh. now we see people here commemorating that, and the liveliness of the event. i'm joined by professor jake ots from the hiroshima city university. all of this, in a sense, does it attest to how much hiroshima has recovered? >> absolutely. as you saw earlier, the day is sombre. there's a lot of commemoration of people who died, holding and remembering the pain that occurred here. in the evening, at the ceremony the heat came down, and there's people feeling joy, releasing the spirit with the lant erps, and you feel the vitality and resurgence of the cit

hiroshima offers rice, auberines, and other produce. it's been called a blessing from heaven. 70 years ago they were cursed with rain from a man made hell. >> translation: we were soaked with black. the roots were glistening like i will. it rained so hard. >> when the u.s. air force dropped atomic bombs on hiroshima and nawasaki, radioactive debris was swept into the air, mixed with moisture and fell as rain. this village lays outside the officially accepted black rain zone. he and dozens of others launched legal actions to have their experiences and medical conditions recognised as stepping from the attack. >> with every effort i hope we can make the truce be recognise the. that is my wish. >> reporter: there's more than 180,000 designated survivors. of the hiroshima and nawasaki attacks living. this year the average age rose above 80. the blast happened 600m in the air, 160 meters south-east of the iconic dome. to prove a link between that moment and the present day illness, a link that could entitle you to aid. you have to prove as a

dropped an atomic bomb on hiroshima, this man was 13.vived, but her sister and four year old nephew did not. >> they were swollen really twice or three times than the normal body. and all they wanted was water. >> reporter: since the bombing, japanese families have mourned the loss of many others who died from cancer and other illnesses linked to the attacks. this history has sparked an anti nuclear weapons movement that united every year in hiroshima. these protesters have traveled here to mark the anniversary of the atomic bomb dropping on this city. we're going to ask one of them what her goal is here. >> translator: my wish is that the countries that arm themselves with nuclear weapons will abandon them entirely. >> reporter: japan's prime minister says his country has a duty to push for the elimination of nuclear weapons. >> translator: i am determined to step up efforts in order to realize a world without nuclear weapons. >> reporter: japan's ambassador to the u.n. told us his country is working hard to make this happen. is this a

plus 70 years after hiroshima, two survivors remember. this week, thousands of professional computer hackers are descending on las vegas for the annual black hat convention. the big topic they're talking about is cars. today's auto industry has transformed itself into one of the most high tech industries in the world. cars now have as many as 10,000 lines of computer code in them. one of the most anticipated announcements of the black hat convention, two infamous hackers, chris and charlie revealed today how they were able to hack into a 2014 jeep cherokee remotely. they hacked into it from their living room while someone else was driving it down the highway compromising the car's security and endangering the car's security. how dangerous our cars are today. while the feat was attempted before by academics, the information was never revealed as too sensitive. a major wakeup call for the auto industry, security patches that seem frantically thrown today. the federal government is threatening to increase its scrutiny of computers in cars. t

abc news, hiroshima. laura: the aftermath of the atomic bomb is still with us.xactly one year to go until the rio olympics. it is a frantic time to make sure all of the pieces are in place. our correspondent is at the olympic park and joined me a short time ago. laura: i understand you have had a birds eye view of the preparations. are they on track? >> it has been a difficult here. a senior olympic official once described these as the worst prepared games in history. i think a lot of progress has been made in the last year. there are four distinctive olympic sites around the city. getting between them is not easy. we took to the air. progress is going pretty well. behind me is the main olympic park. these are between 60% and 80% complete. the sporting venues are looking good. test events have begun at some of those venues. the area where rio is lacking is an infrastructure. these are meant to be integrated games that will help the city grow. some of those infrastructure projects are lagging behind the sporting venues. laura: how our brazilians feeling about the

. >>> till city head - -- still ahead, hiroshima cleanses itself of radiation. and from landowners to labourers, farmers in nigeria are are say they are hit hard by boko haram's violence. >> what did you see when you went outside last year? >> there was a dead body in the middle of the street... for 5 hours. >> there's a lot of work to be done. >> they need to quite talking about what should be done and do it. >> there's clearly an issue and we have to focus on how we bridge that. >> a lot of innocent lives are still being lost. >> lezley mcspadden. one year after the death of her son michael brown. >> so what do you think when i mention the name darren wilson? what comes to mind? >> the devil that comes to mind. evil. >> an al jazeera america exclusive interview. >>> you're with al jazeera, hello again. the united nations says 5,000 civilians have been killed or injured in afghanistan this year. a growing number of victims are women and children. about 1,000 people gathered at the u.n. relief and works agencies in jordan's capital. protesting closures against p

dropped an atomic bomb on hiroshima. to honor the victims, tens of thousands of people stood in silence for a full minute during a ceremony earlier this morning. the bomb killed 140,000 people, the prime minister used the occasion to call on the u.s. and other powers to work harder nor a nuclear-free world. >> we are live in hiroshima this morning. looks like evening there for you, so good evening. what's going on over there right now? >> good evening, tens of thousands have come out oh the peace park to mark 70 years since the atomic bomb dropped on this city. they are taking parts in a tradition to write messages of peace and hope on patchment and then they stand in line. you can see some of that line is passing us now. they stand in line that winds all the way down to the river, which is down behind us, and on that river, they will take these pieces of paper to become the covers of land earns on the river to comfort the souls of those who died. >> there were protests today. what were they about? >> >> fro were protest

roxana saberi is in hiroshima today. roxana. >> everyone around me stopped what they were doing and all you could hear were the cicadas in the trees churching. behind me is the a bomb dome. authorities say this was the closest surviving place to where the bomb was detonated. a very bustling place everybody in the vicinity died. it is left standing to remind one of the tet and destruction. survivors, one lived in canada now but she traveled back here to her home town of hir hiroshima to mark the commemoration of 70 years after the bomb dropped. she's spent her life warning the world of the horrors of nuclear weapons. >> it was a bright day hot and humid like today. >> she was 13 when the enola gay dropped an atomic bomb on her home town. she saw a bluish white flash and the walls around her came crashing down. >> and then i had the sensation of floating in the air. obviously the blast just was collapsing the building. >> reporter: a mile and a half away kenji was at school. he was playing the organ before class when he sa

he was training in hiroshima when the atomic bomb was dropped.e was only about two kilometers from ground zero. >> the blast burned my whole left arm. ten years later, keloid scars appeared, and the doctor said they were an after-effect. >> reporter: kwak suffered severe burns on his back, too. he later met a south korean man who had received survivor satisfaction in japan. he visited hiroshima in 1979 and received his own certificate. but its value was purely symbolic. certified survivors would lose their right to benefits if they left the country. >> translator: we are all atomic bomb survivors, whether we are in japan or not. the idea that you lose your benefits once you leave the country is nonsense. >> reporter: kwak filed a lawsuit demanding equal rights for survivors outside japan. some citizens groups in japan offered to help. >> translator: we were brought to japan by force, made victims of the bombings, then ignored by the japanese government. we've been victimized three times over. >> reporter: kwak wants a suit. the japanese governmen

for the people of hiroshima, it was a visitation of hell. tens of thousands died in the plast, the figure rising to 140,000 by the end of the year. hiroshima didn't seize to exist. life went on in the waste land and the city was rebuilt. it's current mayor used his speech to call nuclear weapons evil and inhuman, praising japan's pacifist constitution. the prime minister who wants to loosen the restrictions on the military, listened on, and remembered that the events of the second world war are influencing policy today. the average age of survivors of hiroshima and nagasaki passed 90 for the first time this year. organizers say it will be the last anniversary in which numbers will stay alive. the last opportunity to pass on experiences for the future generations. many are doing that. here in peace park, beneath the ruined dome that stands as a memorial in shattered steel. and in this man's place, art. he said his school friends convinced him to paint what was in his mind before it's too late. now he said they are dead and there's no one left

thousands are sent to hiroshima each year. now some of them are taking on new forms. nhk world's ayano kozama reports. >> reporter: the children's peace monument stands in peace memorial park. the statue is modeled on a real girl who was suffering from leukemia after being exposed to radiation from the atomic bomb. she folded thousands of paper cranes to pray that she would recover. for decades, people in japan and around the world have been folding their own paper cranes and sending them here as a way to appeal for the abolition of nuclear arms. every year the children's monument receives around 10 million of them weighing some 10 tons. there are so many they can't be left on show for very long but they're never thrown away. the city has been storing the old cranes. now it has about 80 tons of them, so three years ago it started giving them away to people and organizations that have creative ways of using them. one place that takes them is a social welfare group in the city for people with disabilities. they unfold the cranes and sort the sheets into different colors

nhk world reports. >> reporter: this is a high school for girls in hiroshima.ore than 400 students here perished in the bombing. a document recording the tragic events was discovered just this year in the principal's office. it's an administrative journal. the journal's first entry is for august 6th, the day of the bombing. >> reporter: just after 8:00 a.m., all of hiroshima was burned to ash by a single flash and explosion. our school was completely destroyed, and countless faculty members and students are missing or were killed. i could not hold back my tears. >> translator: i was really surprised a journal like this existed. i think it's a valuable document because there's an entry from august 6th, the day the bomb was dropped. >> reporter: the journal was kept by yazo, the vice principal. he was at his home when the bomb exploded but headed to the school straightaway. the school building was destroyed in the explosion and the fires that followed. parents turned up at the school looking for their children. >> more family members are coming in search of their

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for the people of hiroshima, it was a visitation of hell.ens of thousand us died in the blast, the figure would rise to 140,000 by the end of the year. hiroshima didn't cease to exist. life somehow went on in the waste land and the city was rebuilt. its current mayor used his speech to call nuclear weapons evil and inhuman and praise japan's constitution, while the prime minister who wants to loosen that listen said on, a reminder if needed that events of the second world war are still influencing japan's politics today. >> as the average age of the survivors of hiroshima and nag sacky passed 80 for the first time this year, organizers say it's going to be the last major anniversary at which significant numbers of them remain alive, a last opportunity to pass on their experiences to future generations. >> many are doing just that. in hiroshima's peace park beneath the dome that stands in permanent memorial and through art, he says his old school friends convinced him to paint the horrors he carried in his mind before it was too late. now he

just after he arrived from hiroshima. >> translator: i survived the bombing in hiroshima.ut when i got to nagasaki, it was like approaching hell. bodies were lying all over the place. there was nowhere to walk. >> reporter: only 18 people are known to have experienced the suffering in both cities. they're working to preserve the testimony of the survivors. >> translator: i was surprised to find out he had been exposed twice. 70 years have gone by. no one else has come forward after so much time. >> reporter: she paid a visit to him in the hospital. >> translator: hello. i'm also an atomic bomb survivor. >> translator: really? nagasaki? >> translator: yes. i was surprised when i heard that you were in both places. would you be willing to tell me about your experience? >> translator: little-- >> reporter: little by little, he opened up. >> translator: a woman beside me extended her hand, and begged for water. so i gave her some. she drank it and said, thank you. after a while, she stopped moving. i looked over. she was dead. i thought maybe i was responsible. and that made m

process to jointly develop australia's new submarines and people from around the world have met in hiroshima to work for a world without nuclear weapons. >>> u.s. police in virginia say the man suspected of killing two television journalists may have been fuelled by grievances about racial discrimination and are examining what role they played in the shootings. vester flanagan shot a reporter and cameraman at close range while doing a live broadcast on wednesday. flanagan killed himself following a police chase. he was a former employee of the local tv station where both victims were employed. american media say flanagan started working as a reporter there three years ago but was dismissed after aear because colleagues complained about what they describe as offensive remarks and unacceptable behavior. >> he just always seemed to have questions, race questions, between black and white. >> officials with abc news say about two hours after the shootings they received a 23-page fax from flanagan. they say it was sent under his professional name bryce williams and cited as the tipping point the r

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