Japan's PM Yoshihide Suga makes mistake on 76th anniversary of atomic bomb blast, apologizes

Tokyo, Ta. Friday 6 August 2021

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has apologized for a mistake made during the anniversary of the atomic bomb blast. Yoshihide Suga left out part of a speech at a ceremony held in Hiroshima on the anniversary of the atomic bomb blast in Japan 76 years ago, which is held every year to commemorate those who died in the explosion. He has now apologized for this.

How did Yoshihide Suga's mistake come to light?

Media reports said PM Yoshihide Suga left a page and the error was noticed, as public broadcaster NHK stopped showing subtitles during his speech at the ceremony.

Yoshihide apologized at the press conference

"I apologize for leaving out part of my speech at the ceremony," Yoshihide Suga told a news conference after the ceremony. According to the news, Japan is the only country that has faced a nuclear bomb blast.

The United States launched a nuclear attack 76 years ago

76 years ago today, on August 6, 1945, the United States dropped the world's first atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three days later, another atomic bomb struck the Japanese city of Nagasaki. After which both the cities were almost completely destroyed and according to the report, more than one and a half lakh lives were lost. Apart from this those who survived the attack became victims of disability.