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WORLD NEWS Thursday 10 augusT 2017

A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki amid US-North Korea tension

By MARI YAMAGUCHI prohibition treaty as soon
Associated Press as possible.
TOKYO (AP) — Amid grow- “Nuclear weapons are
ing tension between Wash- incompatible with man-
ington and North Korea, kind,” said Yoshitoshi Fuka-
the mayor of Nagasaki hori, an 88-year-old survi-
said Wednesday that the vor of the Nagasaki atomic
fear of another nuclear bombing who lost his sister
bomb attack is growing at in the blast. He said that as
a ceremony marking the he rushed home the morn-
72nd anniversary of the U.S. ing after the bombing, the
atomic bombing of his city. shocking view from the hill-
Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa top — his hometown flat-
Taue urged nuclear states tened and the landmark
to abandon such weapons Catholic church on fire —
and criticized Japan’s gov- made him cry.
ernment for not taking part Fukahori, who operates a
in the global effort toward library of atomic bombing
a nuclear ban. photos, said Japan, which
The bombing anniversary has since rebuilt itself as
comes just as Pyongyang a pacifist nation, should
and Washington are trad- never lose the respect and
ing escalating threats. trust it has regained from
President Donald Trump the international commu-
threatened North Korea Doves fly over the Statue of Peace at Nagasaki Peace Park in Nagasaki, southern Japan during a nity.
“with fire and fury” and ceremony to mark the 72nd anniversary of the world’s second atomic bomb attack over the city, Abe, in a speech that was
Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017.
North Korea’s military said (Nozomu Endo/Kyodo News via AP) almost a repeat of what he
Wednesday that it was said in Hiroshima, did not
examining its plans for at- bomb, used on Aug. 6, nuclear weapons are es- adopted in July, is “incom- mention the U.N. nuclear
tacking Guam.”The in- 1945, killed 140,000 people sential for their national se- prehensible to those of us ban treaty.
ternational situation sur- in Hiroshima. The bombing curity,” Taue said. living in the cities that suf- More than 175,000 hibaku-
rounding nuclear weapons of Nagasaki three days lat- Taue sharply criticized fered atomic bombings.” sha have died in Nagasaki
is becoming increasingly er killed 70,000 more. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s The outspoken mayor since the attack, including
tense,” Taue said at Naga- At 11:02 a.m., when the government for what he praised the atomic bomb- 3,551 in the past year, while
saki’s Peace Park. “A strong bomb struck 72 years ago, said were empty promises ing survivors, or “hibaku- over 300,000 of their peers
sense of anxiety is spread- people at the ceremony about working to achieve sha,” for their lifelong devo- have died in Hiroshima.
ing across the globe that observed a moment of si- a nuclear-free world. He tion to the effort. He urged The average age of the
in the not too distant future lence as the peace bell said Japan’s absence Japan’s government to survivors is more than 81
these weapons could ac- rang. “The nuclear threat even during diplomatic change its policy of rely- years. Many suffer from
tually be used again.” will not end as long as na- negotiations for the U.N. ing on the U.S. nuclear um- lasting effects of radiation.
The world’s first atomic tions continue to claim that Nuclear Prohibition Treaty, brella and join the nuclear q

Rescuers find bodies after China quake kills 19, injures 247

BEIJING (AP) — Strand- to search for signs of life. Jie, who owns a hostel in because there was no sig- us what’s going on or what
ed tourists and residents The Tuesday night quake Zhangzha, said she was at nal.” Yang and her friends to do,” Yang said. “There
struggled Wednesday to knocked out power and a hotpot restaurant with returned to find large were more than 30 guests
clear roads and cope with phone networks, compli- friends when the lights went cracks in her hostel and set at my hostel, I have to start
power cuts caused by a cating efforts to locate and out and everything started up tents outside for guests fires to keep them warm. ...
powerful earthquake that evacuate survivors. shaking at around 9:20 to sleep in. On Wednesday, We cleared the path and
killed at least 19 people Most of the deaths and p.m. Tuesday. she said the building was moved rocks away this
and injured 247. The mag- injuries were recorded in “People were rushing out, still without power, stores morning so that my guests
nitude 6.5 quake struck a Zhangzha township, near some people were scream- were closed and “houses could leave by car.”
mountainous region near to Jiuzhaigou or Jiuzhai Val- ing,” Yang said by phone. around us are damaged President Xi Jinping called
a national park that is one ley, a national park known “On our way home, there beyond recognition.” for rapid efforts to respond
of the country’s top tourist for spectacular waterfalls were rocks falling down “The whole night, even to the disaster, which struck
attractions. Rescuers dug and karst formations that from the hills on both sides right now, there has been a quake-prone region bor-
through rubble with their attracts visitors from Chi- of the road. We couldn’t no one from the govern- dered by Sichuan and
hands and used detectors na and overseas. Yang get through on the phone ment dropping by to tell Gansu provinces. q