TOKYO, Aug. 6 -- Prime Minister and His Cabinet issued the following highlight:
Eighty years ago today, the violent explosion of a single atomic bomb deprived people said to number well more than 100,000 of their precious lives. Even those who escaped death suffered hardships beyond description.
As prime minister, I reverently express my sincere condolences to the souls who were victims of the atomic bomb. I also extend my heartfelt sympathy to those still suffering even now from the aftereffects of the atomic bomb.
It was a September day two years ago that I made my first visit to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum after it completed its renovations. Eighty years ago on that day, what was under that rising mushroom cloud? A city burned t...