Overview
- About 2,600 participants from over 90 countries observed a moment of silence at 11:02 a.m. in Nagasaki Peace Park to mark the 1945 plutonium bomb detonation.
- Mayor Shiro Suzuki called on the world to make Nagasaki the last atomic bombing site by mobilizing global citizens toward complete nuclear weapons abolition.
- Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba reaffirmed Japan’s nuclear-free world goal under the NPT and committed to dialogue at the 2026 review conference but again omitted the prohibition treaty.
- The number of hibakusha has fallen to roughly 99,130 with an average age above 86, prompting urgency to preserve survivors’ firsthand accounts through youth engagement.
- China’s unexplained absence contrasted with participation by nuclear powers, including the U.S. and Russia, underscoring diplomatic tensions at the memorial.