<p class="title rtejustify">Hiroshima has marked the 73rd anniversary of the August 6, 1945, atomic bombing with a somber ceremony to remember the people killed and injured and a call to eliminate nuclear weapons amid hopes of denuclearizing North Korea.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Mayor Kazumi Matsui raised concerns in his peace address Monday about the rise of egocentric policies in the world and warned against the idea of nuclear deterrence as a threat to global security. Matsui urged leaders to steadily work toward achieving a world without atomic weapons.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The anniversary comes amid hopes to denuclearise North Korea after its pledge to do so at the Singapore summit in June.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The US attack killed 140,000 in Hiroshima and the Nagasaki bombing killed 70,000 three days later, with Japan soon surrendering to end World War II.</p>
<p class="title rtejustify">Hiroshima has marked the 73rd anniversary of the August 6, 1945, atomic bombing with a somber ceremony to remember the people killed and injured and a call to eliminate nuclear weapons amid hopes of denuclearizing North Korea.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Mayor Kazumi Matsui raised concerns in his peace address Monday about the rise of egocentric policies in the world and warned against the idea of nuclear deterrence as a threat to global security. Matsui urged leaders to steadily work toward achieving a world without atomic weapons.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The anniversary comes amid hopes to denuclearise North Korea after its pledge to do so at the Singapore summit in June.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The US attack killed 140,000 in Hiroshima and the Nagasaki bombing killed 70,000 three days later, with Japan soon surrendering to end World War II.</p>