REMEMBERING HIROSHIMA Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga pays his respects during a ceremony to mark the 76th anniversary of the world’s first atomic bomb attack at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 2021. AFP PHOTO
REMEMBERING HIROSHIMA Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga pays his respects during a ceremony to mark the 76th anniversary of the world’s first atomic bomb attack at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 2021. AFP PHOTO


HIROSHIMA, JAPAN:
Japan on Friday marked 76 years since the world's first atomic bomb attack with low-key ceremonies and disappointment over a refusal by Olympics organizers to hold a minute's silence.

Survivors, relatives and a handful of foreign dignitaries attended this year's main event in Hiroshima to pray for those killed or wounded in the bombing and call for world peace.

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