TOKYO, August 9 (RIA Novosti) - Over 5,500 people gathered in Japans's Nagasaki Peace Park located near the epicenter of the 1945 atomic bombing to commemorate the 62nd anniversary of the tragedy Thursday.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and government officials attended the Peace Memorial Ceremony, laying wreaths at the memorial, where a list of over 143,000 victims was also placed. After a minute's silence, white doves were released into the air.
The United States detonated its "Fat Man" nuclear bomb over Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. A total of 40,000 people were killed outright in the Nagasaki bombing, and about 25,000 were injured. Thousands died later from related injuries, and radiation sickness from the nuclear fallout.
