| Chugoku Shimbun Peace News = Kyodo | |
| 2,000 people pray for A-bomb victims in Hiroshima | '02/8/5 |
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HIROSHIMA, Aug. 5 Kyodo -- About 2,000 people from across Japan prayed in an event Monday evening at Hiroshima's Peace Memorial Park for the atomic bomb victims, one day ahead of the 57th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city in 1945. During the ''Peace Candle'' event, about 2,000 people surrounded the A-bomb dome in the park and after silent prayers lit up the dome with green penlights. ''Talking about peace may be too serious for our young generation,'' said Ikumi Matsumoto, 27, from Tokyo. ''But I felt terrible devastation should never be repeated.'' A 25-year-old participant from Yamanashi Prefecture said, ''It was good that I came to the event, since I normally do not talk about peace with my friends.'' The Hiroshima branch of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), Japan's largest labor organization, organized the event.
    
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