The Atomic Bomb Dome is seen from the venue holding a ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, August 6, 2020, on the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city (Photo : Kyodo/via REUTERS)
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wearing a protective face mask, offers a wreath to the cenotaph for the victims of the 1945 atomic bombing, at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, August 6, 2020, on the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city.
Shinzo Abe is now Japan's longest-serving prime minister in terms of consecutive tenure in office. (Photo : REUTERS)
Participants including Hiroshima City Mayor Kazumi Matsui practice social distancing as they offer silent prayers for the victims of the 1945 atomic bombing amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, August 6, 2020, on the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city.
People wearing protective face masks burn incense sticks before praying for the victims of the U.S. 1945 atomic bombing, at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, August 6, 2020, on the 75th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing on the city.
Family members wearing protective face masks burn incense sticks before praying for the victims of the U.S. 1945 atomic bombing, at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, August 6, 2020, on the 75th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing on the city.
People wearing protective face masks pray for atomic bomb victims in front of the cenotaph for the victims of the U.S. 1945 atomic bombing, at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, August 6, 2020, on the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city.
People wearing protective face masks release paper lanterns on the Motoyasu River facing the gutted Atomic Bomb Dome in remembrance of atomic bomb victims on the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, Japan August 6, 2020. (Photo : Kyodo/via REUTERS)
People wearing protective face masks offer prayers for the victims of the U.S. 1945 atomic bombing, at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, August 6, 2020, on the 75th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing on the city.
The name list of war dead is given to Hiroshima City mayor Kazumi Matsui from a representative of bereaved families of the 1945 atomic bombing victims at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, August 6, 2020, on the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city.
"We doubt if support is growing even among nonnuclear weapons states, let alone nuclear weapons states," Japan says.
An atomic bomb of the "Fat Man" type, the kind which detonated over Nagasaki, Japan, is seen in an undated photograph. (Photo : War Department/Office of the Chief of Engineers/Manhattan Engineer District/Handout via REUTERS)
The crew of the U.S. Army Air Forces B-29 bomber Enola Gay commanded by Colonel Paul Tibbets, Jr. (top row C), which dropped the atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, pose in 1946. (Photo : U.S. Army Air Forces/Handout via REUTERS)
Colonel Paul Tibbets, pilot of the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, waves from his cockpit before takeoff from Tinian August 6, 1945. (Photo : U.S. National Archives and Records Administration/Handout via REUTERS)
Smoke billows 20,000 feet (6,100 metres) after an atomic bomb codenamed "Little Boy" exploded after being dropped by a U.S. Army Air Force B-29 bomber named Enola Gay over Hiroshima, Japan August 6, 1945. (Photo : U.S. Army Air Forces/Library of Congress/Handout via REUTERS)
The U.S. House of Representatives is urging the Department of Defense to build more military bases in Southeast Asia and the Pacific so the U.S. Armed Forces can better defeat China's expansionism. (Photo : U.S. Army Air Forces/Library of Congress/Handout via REUTERS)
Aerial pictures of Hiroshima, Japan, taken in April 1945 before the atomic bomb was dropped and, in August 1945 after the bombing, show the extent of the devastation on the city. (Photo : The National Archives/Handout via REUTERS)
A view of damage wrought by the atomic bomb in the city of Hiroshima, Japan March 1946, months after the bomb was dropped August 6, 1945 (Photo : REUTERS/Stringer)
The Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall, currently called the Atomic Bomb Dome or A-Bomb Dome, is seen in Hiroshima, Japan, before (top) and after (bottom) the August 6, 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, in this combination image of handout photos released by Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. The top image is undated and the bottom image was taken by Shigeo Hayashi between October 1 and 10, 1945. (Photo : Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum (top) and Shigeo Hayashi/Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum (bottom)/Handout via Reuter)
The Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall, currently called the Atomic Bomb Dome or A-Bomb Dome, is seen from Aioi Bridge in Hiroshima before (top) and after (bottom) the August 6, 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, in this combination image of handout photos released by the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. The top image is undated and the bottom image was taken by Shigeo Hayashi between October 1 and 10, 1945. (Photo : iroshima Peace Memorial Museum (top) and Shigeo Hayashi/Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum (bottom)/Handout via REUTERS)
A woman being treated shows her wounds caused by an atomic bomb in Nagasaki, Japan March 17, 1948. (Photo : Department of Energy/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/Handout via REUTERS)