Prime Minister's Office of Japan Message from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe: I attended the Nagasaki Peace Memorial Ceremony, where I expressed my sincere condolences to the souls of the atomic bomb victims. Today is also a day on which we offer solace to the souls of the victims and extend our thanks to our forebears, who endured the suffering and the sorrow and raised themselves to their feet once more, rebuilding our homeland and restoring Nagasaki as a beautiful city. I again pledged that Japan will firmly uphold the "Three Non-Nuclear Principles" and spare no efforts in working towards the total abolition of nuclear weapons and the realization of eternal world peace, so that the horror and devastation caused by nuclear weapons are not repeated. (Originally posted at 17:12, Saturday, August 9, 2014 in Japanese) Takehiro Iwatani, Mark Cruz, 帝国大日本 and 381 others like this. 12 shares Brgy Kagawad M. Tan prayer for japan typhoon halong jose. frm d philippines 3 hours ago · 2 Jeff Singh Gill 1.Waheguru & Jai Hind. 2. "Japan Is A Brother To Mother India & Today In Mother India It Is The Day Of Love Between A Brother & A Sister". 3. Jai Hind, Jeffrey Singh Gill. 3 hours ago · 2 Douglas A. Oringderff Victims? Really? You are absurd. Victims? Like the Chinese you tortured? The Koreans? The men you murdered at Pearl Harbor? The men/women who fought in WWII? How about the POW's of WWII. And you think you are the "victims"? You should be ashamed of yourselves. Absolutely ashamed. 3 hours ago Ted Esteban Ayala Villaroel Douglas, dear. Get over yourself. 3 hours ago · 5 Joost Kralt @Douglas A. Oringderff, a man your age should be able to recognise that in war and history there is no such an easy divide between perpetrators and victims. That's the simplistic way children try to make sense of history. Regular citizens didnt ask to be nuked, despite the actions of their corrupted and uncontrollable military. Mourning your own casualties does not equal relinquishing guilt. 3 hours ago · 6 Julius Cuizon douglas is moron! he didnt know what is the meaning of MOVE ON! 2 hours ago · 3 Smsumon Patwary I want go to Japan .. 2 hours ago · 2 Junhi David Kim I give my sincere conlesence to those innocent people killed during the war. War is always tragic and take away our loved ones. That is why we need a rational and humanistic goverment. Insane authority such as imperialists, extremist, religious fanatics should never hold office and I hope we can bring peace to the Middle East as well by addressing those barbaric extremists who abuse innocent civillians. 2 hours ago · 1 Douglas A. Oringderff Joost, Ted, julius. really? did the victims of the above mentioned asked for it? Me grow up. You self righteous....small minded people. You are an offense. Age? Nuked? Moron? Move on. I have moved on, but to call the people of Nagansaki "victims" is treacherous. Chinese viral laboratory victims, bataan, Korean rapist, on and on. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_war_crimes 2 hours ago · Edited Chris Behrmann Any memorials for fukushima victims??? 2 hours ago · 1 Chris Lovett WHO rebuilt Japan? about an hour ago 笠原直人 I know I wish I were about an hour ago Kotomi Ihara Unfortunately, there are many Americans which justify "the dropping atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki" like Mr.Douglas A. Oringdarff. Do you all know what Enola Gay's last living crew Mr.Theodore Van Kirk said?? He said "I'd drop atomic bomb on Hiroshima again if needed" in the interview. He doesn't understand "the throwing down atom bomb" is "Indiscriminate killing" and many American also doesn't think "the throwing down atom bomb" is "Indiscriminate killing". Of course, not only "the throwing down atom bomb" of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. "the bombing of Tokyo" and "the bombing of Nagoya" and "the bombing of Osaka" is also "Indiscriminate killing". Because US bombs all of cities(not only military installation, military factory, and airport) and murders the private citizen in large quantities. It was non-humanitarian and it's in violation of international law even if it's in war time. But unfortunately, many American doesn't think it was "Indiscriminate killing" and they justify "the throwing down atom bomb" or "the bombing of Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka" like Enola Gay's last living crew. http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/251108 Even if many Americans blame "Indiscriminate killing" of Israel or Pro-Russia rebels, unfortunately, they don't understand what they did at all. about an hour ago · 3 Riz B Brax @Sorry MR.Doulas A. Oringderff: Maybe you need to read a lot of books, references and research about the history to open your mind. Are you there and witness what was happened during WW11? if you only speak, type and understand one language please stop for being childish. about an hour ago · 2 Joost Kralt @Douglas, No one asked for it, that's exactly my point. It wasn't the women and children in Nagasaki who ran the laboratories in China and who ran the POW camps. Furthermorre, treacherous? To which government am I committing treason by saying that people have a right to mourn their casualties? The person justifying the murder of thousands of people in the name of patriotism is calling me small-minded and self-righteous.. This is victor's justice at work. 23 minutes ago · 3 Nessa Jane Nodado Morante Very well said Joost Kralt 20 minutes ago · 1