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At the time, Hiroshima’s population was approximately 300,000. The atomic bomb immediately killed 80,000 and injured 35,000 more. By the end of 1945, 60,000 more people had died as a result of ...
Japanese prefectures by annual population change, in percent (Oct 1, 2021 to Oct 1, 2022). Japanese prefectures by population density (2022). The tan color means between 0 and 99 per km2. This is a list of Japanese prefectures by population. For details of administrative divisions of Japan, see Prefectures of Japan.
Hiroshima (広島市, Hiroshima-shi, / ˌ h ɪr oʊ ˈ ʃ iː m ə /, also UK: / h ɪ ˈ r ɒ ʃ ɪ m ə /, [2] US: / h ɪ ˈ r oʊ ʃ ɪ m ə /, [çiɾoɕima] ⓘ) is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. As of June 1, 2019, the city had an estimated population of 1,199,391.
The two largest metropolitan areas in Chūgoku region are Hiroshima and Okayama whose total population of the two metropolitan areas amount to 2.808 million as of 2020. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Their Urban Employment Area amounts to around 3 million people for the Chūgoku region.
On August 6, 2018, the 73rd anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, residents will pause to remember the day in 1945 that changed the course of history.
An estimated 90,000 to 166,000 people in Hiroshima (between 26 and 49 percent of its population) and 60,000 to 80,000 people in Nagasaki (between 22 and 32 percent of its population) died in 1945, of which a majority in each case were killed on the days of the bombings, due to the force and heat of the blasts themselves.
Hiroshima Prefecture (広島県, Hiroshima-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. [2] Hiroshima Prefecture has a population of 2,811,410 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 8,479 km² (3,274 sq mi ).
27 September – 2024 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) presidential election. Former defence minister Shigeru Ishiba defeats eight other candidates to become leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan. [119] 30 September – Incoming prime minister Shigeru Ishiba calls for a snap general election to be held on 27 October 2024. [120]