@atomicker@mstdn.ca avatar atomicker , to random

'On the shores of Tsushima, a border island in Nagasaki Prefecture, a disheartening sight unfolds. The coastline is inundated with countless pieces of washed-up plastic waste, including buoys up to 1 meter in diameter, fishing net fragments, tanks, bottles and detergent containers.'

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260216/p2a/00m/0sc/015000c

atomicker OP ,
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'The amount of garbage washing up on Tsushima's shores, including Kujika Beach, reaches 30,000 to 40,000 cubic meters annually, equivalent to about 100 25-meter swimming pools. According to city data, when plastic bottles collected in fiscal 2024 are sorted by country of origin, 37% came from China, 27% from South Korea and 5% from Japan. The origin of the remainder is unknown, but much is believed to be foreign-made, based on its shape and other features.'

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social avatar thejapantimes , to random

Ken Hirata, a 58-year-old former vice governor of Nagasaki Prefecture, has won the gubernatorial election in the southwestern prefecture, defeating incumbent Gov. Kengo Oishi and another candidate. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/09/japan/politics/nagasaki-gubernatorial-election/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social avatar thejapantimes , to random

Hibakusha atomic bomb survivors and antinuclear advocates pledged to build momentum toward the abolition of nuclear arms amid the fifth anniversary of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons coming into effect. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/23/japan/hibakusha-nuclear-arms-abolition/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social avatar thejapantimes , to random
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social avatar thejapantimes , to random

A senior government official who advises Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on security has expressed a personal opinion that Japan should have nuclear weapons, according to media reports. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/19/japan/politics/japan-nuclear-weapons-official/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

@gallus@mamot.fr avatar gallus , to random French

Hiroshima mon amour

Je suis un homme enrichi à l’uranium,
Et pourtant j’aimerais tant pouvoir en chantant
Quelques récitatifs être radio-actif.

J’entonne monotone l’air du grand atome
Que l’on fissionne, cela impressionne,
Au mépris du lourd prix payé par le passé.

Refrain et pont : Il est temps, militant, de limiter leur temps.

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gallus OP ,
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Si nos expressions s’adaptaient aux sillons
Irradiés et radiés de nos terres arables
Nous les dirions sans rire à cette façon :

« Ne te fais pas de Tchernobyl mon compagnon,
Nagasaki le tour, nul ne sait pour quel pion.
Tout Fukushima le camp dans cette région. »

Refrain et pont

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social avatar thejapantimes , to random

One year after receiving the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, Nihon Hidankyo is seeking ways to continue its activities amid the aging of hibakusha atomic bomb survivors. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/17/japan/aging-nihon-hidankyo-members/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social avatar thejapantimes , to random

Nagasaki’s mayor on Thursday condemned U.S. President Donald Trump’s order to restart nuclear tests, calling it “absolutely unacceptable.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/31/japan/nagasaki-mayor-trump-nuclearg/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social avatar thejapantimes , to random

2024 Nobel Peace Price recipients Nihon Hidankyo held an event with other participants in Tokyo to mark the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/12/japan/politics/nihon-hidankyo-event-to-mark-80-year-atomic-bombings/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social avatar thejapantimes , to random

As he opened the 40th National Cultural Festival and the 25th National Arts and Culture Festival for Persons with Disabilities, Emperor Naruhito expressed hopes the events will spark the creation of new culture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/15/japan/imperial-couple-attend-national-cultural-festivals-in-nagasaki/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social avatar thejapantimes , to random

Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, have begun a trip to Nagasaki Prefecture, mainly to mourn victims of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city of Nagasaki in World War II. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/12/japan/imperial-family-nagasaki/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social avatar thejapantimes , to random

An independent expert panel of the U.N. tasked with assessing the impact of nuclear war met with co-deputy chair Masao Tomonaga, an 82-year-old hibakusha atomic bomb survivor. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/07/japan/politics/un-nuke-panel-hibakusha-deputy-chiar/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social avatar thejapantimes , to random

Izumi Nakamitsu, U.N. undersecretary-general and high representative for disarmament affairs, urged Japan to attend the 2026 review conference for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons as an observer. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/19/japan/nakamitsu-disarmament-efforts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social avatar thejapantimes , to random

A Japanese woman and an American man whose grandfathers experienced the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have forged an unlikely collaboration to publish a book calling for a world free of nuclear weapons. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/15/japan/grandchildren-unite/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social avatar thejapantimes , to random

Mayors from across the world concluded a general conference in Nagasaki on Sunday by adopting a declaration expressing their resolve to abolish nuclear weapons. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/10/japan/global-mayors-adopt-nagasaki-peace-message/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social avatar thejapantimes , to random

Terumi Tanaka, a 93-year-old survivor of the Nagasaki atomic bombing, has called on younger generations to create a movement for the abolition of nuclear weapons that "inspires others." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/10/japan/nagasaki-a-bomb-hibakusha-movement/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social avatar thejapantimes , to random

Nagasaki marked 80 years since the U.S. atomic bombing of the city on Saturday, amid frustration among the dwindling number of survivors that their powerful calls for eradicating nuclear arms are falling on deaf ears. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/09/japan/nagasaki-80th-anniversary-atomic-bombing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

@tagesschau@ard.social avatar tagesschau , to random German

80 Jahre nach Atombombenabwurf: Gedenken und Warnungen in Nagasaki

Drei Tage nach dem ersten Abwurf einer Atombombe über Hiroshima setzten die Amerikaner vor 80 Jahren in Nagasaki eine zweite Bombe ein. Der heutige Bürgermeister mahnt, die Welt müsse aus der Geschichte zu lernen.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/asien/gedenken-nagasaki-108.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social avatar thejapantimes , to random
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On Aug. 9, 1945, 17-year-old Koichi Tagawa survived the Nagasaki bombing and began a diary. His words captured the fire, the loss and the moment he became an orphan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/08/japan/history/nagasaki-nuclear-bomb-diary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social avatar thejapantimes , to random

Mayors for Peace, a worldwide organization of city leaders, started a three-day general conference in Nagasaki on Friday, the day before the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/08/japan/mayors-nagasaki-conference/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social avatar thejapantimes , to random

The atomic bombings were a tragic but nearly unavoidable result of Japan’s refusal to surrender, the momentum of wartime technology, and the brutal logic of ending a devastating war quickly. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/08/07/japan/we-must-commemorate-hiroshima/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social avatar thejapantimes , to random

People in Fukushima Prefecture and other parts of Japan are working to pass down the stories of "mock atomic bombs" the United States dropped in the country during World War II, which resulted in over 400 deaths. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/07/japan/wwii-us-mock-atomic-bombings-on-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon