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                    [Title] => Nagasaki marks 68th anniversary of atomic bombing
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Nagasaki's mayor has criticized Japan's government for failing to sign on to an international nuclear disarmament effort as the country marked the 68th anniversary Friday of the atomic bombing of his city.

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Japan marked the 67th anniversary of the world's first atomic bomb attack with a ceremony yesterday that was attended by a grandson of Harry Truman, the US president who ordered the bomb dropped on the city of Hiroshima.

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-07 04:09:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 835178 [Title] => Truman grandson visits Hiroshima A-bomb memorial [Summary] =>

A grandson of ex-US President Harry Truman, who ordered the atomic bombings of Japan during World War II, is in Hiroshima to attend a memorial service for the victims.

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Five Nobel peace laureates are calling on President Barack Obama to visit Hiroshima later this year to re-energize his call for a world without nuclear arms, strengthening a drive by the site of the world's first atomic bomb attack to host the US leader.

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Asia paused on Sunday to remember Japan's surrender to the allied forces which ended World War II 65 years ago, as the Japanese prime minister apologized for wreaking suffering on the region and the South Korean president said Tokyo's remorse was a step in the right direction.

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The site of the world's worst atomic bomb attack echoed with the choirs of schoolchildren and the solemn ringing of bells Friday as Hiroshima marked its biggest memorial yet and the first to be attended by the US and other major nuclear powers.

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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for the abolishment of nuclear weapons Thursday during a visit to Nagasaki, one of two Japanese cities devastated by US atomic bombs in the closing days of World War II.

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Tens of thousands of Okinawan residents and leaders demanded a US Marine base be moved off the island at a mass rally Sunday inflamed by suspicion it may be relocated on the southern Japanese island.

[DatePublished] => 2010-04-25 23:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 545171 [Title] => Japan urged to resolve child custody disputes [Summary] =>

TOKYO (AP) — Ambassadors from the UN and seven other countries on Saturday urged Tokyo to resolve legal custody issues that keep foreign parents from visiting their children in Japan.

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Japan needs several more months to decide on the relocation of a major US military base on the southern island of Okinawa, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Tuesday, a delay likely to frustrate Washington.

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