日本長崎舉行儀式紀念遭受原子彈轟炸68週年

Nagasaki Marks 68th Anniversary of US Atomic bombing

The Japanese city of Nagasaki has observed the 68th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing that reduced the city to rubble and ended Word War Two.

Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue criticized the Japanese government at a ceremony Friday for refusing to sign a statement rejecting the use of nuclear weapons. The statement was offered at an international disarmament meeting in April.

The United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, killing about 140,000 people. Days later, on August 9, Nagasaki was hit by a second nuclear bomb that killed about 70,000.

Hiroshima held an observance of the first bombing on Tuesday. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told a crowd of about 50,000 that Japan has a unique responsibility to push for the end of nuclear weapons.日本城市長崎紀念美國對該市進行原子彈轟炸68週年。長崎在那次轟炸中被夷爲平地，第二次世界大戰也隨之結束。

在星期五舉行的紀念儀式上，長崎市長田上富久批評日本政府拒絕簽署一項反對使用核武器的聲明。這項聲明是在今年4月舉行的一次國際裁軍會議上提出的。

1945年8月6日，美國在廣島投下一枚原子彈，造成大約14萬人死亡。同年8月9日，美國又在長崎投下另一枚原子彈，導致大約7萬人死亡。

星期二，廣島舉行了紀念原子彈轟炸68週年儀式。日本首相安倍晉三對大約5萬民衆說，日本負有推動結束核武器的特殊責任。