Japan’s Imperial Family Meets Nagasaki Bomb Survivors
(MENAFN) Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako, and their daughter Princess Akito met with survivors of the atomic bombing at a senior care center in Nagasaki on Saturday.
When they arrived at the facility around 10:30 a.m. local time (0130GMT), the Imperial household greeted elderly residents in their 80s and 90s gathered in the hall.
They leaned forward to make direct eye contact with those seated and listened carefully to their stories, a news outlet noted.
The royal family traveled to the city on Friday for a three-day stay. This trip marks the monarch and empress’s first visit since Emperor Naruhito’s ascension in 2019, and Princess Akito’s inaugural visit.
On Friday, they placed floral tributes at a monument in Nagasaki Peace Park and met additional survivors aged between 81 and 101 at the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum.
The United States dropped the plutonium weapon, "Fat Man," on Nagasaki at 11:02 a.m. local time (0202GMT) on August 9, 1945, following the nuclear strike on Hiroshima a few days earlier. The detonation killed roughly 70,000 people in the port city.
Japan officially capitulated on August 15, 1945, bringing World War II to an end.
On Sunday, the emperor and empress are scheduled to take part in the opening event of the National Cultural Festival along with the National Arts and Culture Festival for Persons with Disabilities.
When they arrived at the facility around 10:30 a.m. local time (0130GMT), the Imperial household greeted elderly residents in their 80s and 90s gathered in the hall.
They leaned forward to make direct eye contact with those seated and listened carefully to their stories, a news outlet noted.
The royal family traveled to the city on Friday for a three-day stay. This trip marks the monarch and empress’s first visit since Emperor Naruhito’s ascension in 2019, and Princess Akito’s inaugural visit.
On Friday, they placed floral tributes at a monument in Nagasaki Peace Park and met additional survivors aged between 81 and 101 at the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum.
The United States dropped the plutonium weapon, "Fat Man," on Nagasaki at 11:02 a.m. local time (0202GMT) on August 9, 1945, following the nuclear strike on Hiroshima a few days earlier. The detonation killed roughly 70,000 people in the port city.
Japan officially capitulated on August 15, 1945, bringing World War II to an end.
On Sunday, the emperor and empress are scheduled to take part in the opening event of the National Cultural Festival along with the National Arts and Culture Festival for Persons with Disabilities.
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