WorldJapan marks Nagasaki bombing anniversary as nuclear debate unsettles pacifists

Nagasaki held a ceremony at its Peace Park memorial on Sunday to mark 81 years since the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city. The anniversary comes as Sanae Takaichi’s government has begun debating Japan’s postwar non-nuclear principles. The discussion is unfolding amid growing doubts about the reliability of the US security umbrella. Those doubts have increased as China flexes its military strength across the region, unsettling Japan’s pacifists.

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