'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.'
'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.'
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.