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Royal Family Honors Nagasaki Bomb Victims in Historic Visit

9/13/2025

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Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako, and Princess Aiko visited Nagasaki to honor atomic bomb victims.
They laid flowers and bowed at the Nagasaki Peace Park memorial, the bombing's hypocenter.
The family met four hibakusha survivors, including 84-year-old Shigemitsu Tanaka.
This marks Princess Aiko's first visit to Nagasaki and the couple's first since 2019.
They toured the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum and plan to visit a nursing home for hibakusha.

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Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako, and Princess Aiko visited Nagasaki to honor atomic bomb victims.
They laid flowers and bowed at the Nagasaki Peace Park memorial, the bombing's hypocenter.
The family met four hibakusha survivors, including 84-year-old Shigemitsu Tanaka.
This marks Princess Aiko's first visit to Nagasaki and the couple's first since 2019.
They toured the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum and plan to visit a nursing home for hibakusha.