The Japanese city of Nagasaki on Saturday commemorated the victims of the atomic bombing 80 years ago, as global concerns over the threat of nuclear conflict continue to grow. At a ceremony marking the anniversary of the US atomic bombing of Nagasaki,

The following is the text of a speech delivered by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at a memorial ceremony in Nagasaki on Saturday ma

TOKYO -- The atomic bombings of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, and Nagasaki three days later brought a scale of destruction the world had never seen. Many who survived the blasts died in the weeks, months and years that followed. Japan surrendered six days after the Nagasaki bombing, bringing an end to World War II.