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Nagasaki (Japanese: 長崎, Hepburn: Nagasaki) (IPA: [naɡaꜜsaki] ⓘ; lit. "Long Cape") , officially Nagasaki City ( 長崎市 , Nagasaki-shi ), is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan .
2001 – Nagasaki Penguin Aquarium opens. 2002 – Use of Nagasaki Smart Card on public transit begins. 2005 Iōjima, Kōyagi, Nomozaki, Sanwa, Sotome, and Takashima become part of city. Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture and Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum open. Sister city relationship established with Vaux-sur-Aure, France. [16] 2007
The Operation Meetinghouse firebombing of Tokyo on the night of 9–10 March 1945, was the single deadliest air raid in history, [34] with a greater area of fire damage and loss of life than either of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima or Nagasaki.
The mission included three B-29 bombers and their crews: Bockscar, The Great Artiste and The Big Stink. Bockscar was flown on 9 August 1945 by Crew C-15, which usually manned The Great Artiste; piloted by Major Charles W. Sweeney, commander of the 393d Bombardment Squadron; and co-piloted by First Lieutenant Charles Donald Albury, C-15's aircraft commander. [7]
Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Sites 長崎原爆遺跡 Nagasaki genbaku iseki: Nagasaki: Designation includes "Ground Zero", the former Shiroyama National School Building, old Bell Tower of Urakami Cathedral, gatepost of the Former Nagasaki Medical College & second torii gate of Sanno Shrine Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Sites
It’s fitting that Pope Francis will start his first official visit to Japan in Nagasaki, the city where Christianity first took hold in the country and where nearly 500 years later it remains ...
He was just 13 when the 10,000lb atomic bomb “Fat Man” was dropped on Nagasaki on 9 August 1945, landing around 3.2km from his family home. Part of Nihon Hidankyo’s work is to record witness ...
Nagasaki Prefecture (長崎県, Nagasaki-ken) is a prefecture of Japan, mainly located on the island of Kyūshū, although it also includes a number of islands off Kyūshū's northwest coast - including Tsushima and Iki. Nagasaki Prefecture has a population of 1,314,078 (1 June 2020) and has a geographic area of 4,130 km 2 (1,594 sq mi).