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Hiroshima

Administration
Full nameHiroshima
Official name広島市 · Hiroshima City
Native name広島
Native name langja
Settlement typeDesignated city
CountryJapan
RegionChūgoku, Sanyō
PrefectureHiroshima
Government
MayorKazumi Matsui
Geography
Total Area349.3 sq mi (905.01 km2)
Demography
Total Population1173980 (January 2010)
Density (pop.)1297.2/km2 (3359.7/sq mi)
Other information
Time zoneJapan Standard Time (UTC+9)
- TreeCamphor Laurel
- FlowerOleander
Phone number082-245-2111
AddressHiroshima-shi,
Naka-ku, Kokutaiji 1-6-34
730-8586

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|} ( ) is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshū, the largest island of Japan. It became best known as the first city in history to be destroyed by a nuclear weapon when the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) dropped an atomic bomb on it at 8:15 A.M. on August 6, 1945, near the end of World War II.

Hiroshima gained status on April 1, 1889. On April 1, 1980, Hiroshima became a designated city. The city's current mayor is Kazumi Matsui.

Hiroshima Video

BrainMind.com Nuclear War Atomic Explosions. Hydrogen Bombs Hiroshima: World War III. A film by Rhawn Joseph. Ph.D. "Many of the nuclear scenes from this film, including nuclear blasts that did not appear in this film, can also be seen in the spectacular film "Trinity and Beyond" directed by Peter Kuran. We highly recommend this film." By Rhawn Joseph, Ph.D.
7.17 min. | 3.34 user rating
Hiroshima bomb impact documentary movie made.
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hiroshima atomic bombing
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Hear first-hand accounts from the air and ground, re-telling every memory from the day the world first witnessed the horrors of atomic warfare. Watch more Hiroshima from BBC Worldwide here: www.youtube.com
4.58 min. | 4.59 user rating
Typical US fission nuclear weapon with roughly the same yield as the weapon that destroyed Hiroshima. (Grable, 15KT, 1953) www.atomcentralstore.com
0.85 min. | 4.57 user rating
Because somethings cannot be forgotten or forgiven...
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The reigning unbelievable wall leap of the moment goes to Hiroshima Toyo Carp's Masato Akamatsu, who turned in this unbelievable Spider-Man impression while robbing Yokohoma's Shuichi Murata of a home run. This is from the Yokohama BayStars/Hiroshima Carp game.
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Trabalho de química que fiz. Traz uma breve explicação sobre o maior crime de guerra já desferido contra a humanidade, bombas atômicas de Hiroshima e Nagasaki, ea química existente na bomba atômica.
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Why did the United States drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima? Was it necessary? Were the American people told the truth? What about today? How much do we really know about the US, Russia, Iran, Israel, and China and their nuclear weapons?
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Bomba Atômica
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Deseret News--The worst part about surviving radiation poisoning isn't the constant sickness or the fear that each day will be the last, says Kano, 65, a survivor of the atomic bomb dropped on -Hiroshima-, Japan. It's the isolation that comes af - Date : Thu, 31 Mar 2011 06:39:48 GMT+00:00
From Hiroshima to Fukushima: Message from Hibakusha - Arirang News Tweet this news
Arirang News---Hiroshima-, Japan] "As the entire world anxiously watches the nuclear crisis unfolding in Fukushima, the people of Japan, especially those here in -Hiroshima-, can't help but revisit their old scars from 66 years ago." - Date : Wed, 30 Mar 2011 03:42:12 GMT+00:00
Louis B. Fleming dies at 85; one of Los Angeles Times' first foreign ... - Los Angeles Times Tweet this news
Los Angeles Times--Louis Fleming also co-wrote “Children of the Atomic Bomb: An American Physician's Memoir of Nagasaki, -Hiroshima- and the Marshall Islands” with Dr. James N. Yamazaki. (March 29, 2011) By Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times Lo - Date : Tue, 29 Mar 2011 07:12:15 GMT+00:00
Hiroshima Expresses Anger, Fear Over Nuclear Plant Crisis - Voice of America Tweet this news
Voice of America--Fears over the potential fallout from the crisis at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant have triggered painful memories in Japan of the -Hiroshima- and Nagasaki bombings at the end of World War II. More than any other nation, Japan is only - Date : Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:34:28 GMT+00:00
Japan's Recovery Bonds - Project Syndicate Tweet this news
Project Syndicate--It looked like the aftermath of the firebombing of Tokyo, or like -Hiroshima- and Nagasaki after the atomic bombs fell. Similar scenes can be found throughout the Tōhoku region, along Japan's northeastern Sanriku Coast. For exampl - Date : Mon, 28 Mar 2011 11:56:47 GMT+00:00
Hiroshima Survivor Devotes Life to Utilizing Radiation - Opposing Views Tweet this news
Opposing Views--With radiation concerns being at an all time high, CNN investigates the tale of a woman who utilized her experiences with radiation after -Hiroshima- to the betterment of society. Details of how she has used her knowledge about the subject - Date : Sun, 27 Mar 2011 21:49:35 GMT+00:00
15 file candidacies for mayoral elections in 5 cities - Japan Today Tweet this news
Japan Today--In the elections in Sapporo and -Hiroshima-, candidates backed by the DPJ will face off against those supported by the LDP. The Sapporo poll will be a two-way race between incumbent Fumio Ueda, 62, who is seeking his third term with the backi - Date : Sun, 27 Mar 2011 22:12:03 GMT+00:00
Japan crisis evokes comparisons to its pop culture disaster narratives ... - Los Angeles Times Tweet this news
Los Angeles Times--From short stories inspired by previous natural calamities to comic book series based on survivors' accounts of the atomic bombings of -Hiroshima- and Nagasaki, some of these apocalyptic narratives are being evoked by commentators - Date : Sun, 27 Mar 2011 23:27:33 GMT+00:00
Hiroshima and Japan disaster - Arab News Tweet this news
Arab News--It is more than many people can take and even more so for a society that only 66 years ago experienced the nuclear bombing of -Hiroshima- and Nagasaki. “Why us?” has a deeper resonance than we outsiders can imagine. Today one can blame natu - Date : Wed, 23 Mar 2011 21:04:41 GMT+00:00
Vidya Balan's concerned about best friend in Japan - Daily News & Analysis Tweet this news
Daily News & Analysis--Balan's best friend lives in -Hiroshima- in Japan and she's been praying for her well-being ever since the tragedy occurred. Balan, who is very close to her friend, came to know about the catastrophe while she was shoo - Date : Sun, 27 Mar 2011 08:13:57 GMT+00:00

Postwar period : World War II and atomic bombing
Ward Population Area (km2) Density
(per km2)
Map
Aki-ku 78,176 94.01 832
Asakita-ku 156,368 353.35 443
Asaminami-ku 220,351 117.19 1,880
Higashi-ku 122,045 39.38 3,099
Minami-ku 138,138 26.09 5,295
Naka-ku
(administrative center)
125,208 15.34 8,162
Nishi-ku 184,881 35.67 5,183
Saeki-ku 135,789 223.98 606
Population as of October 31, 2006

Sports :
scope="col"Club scope="col"Sport scope="col"League scope="col"Venue scope="col"Established
Hiroshima Toyo Carp Baseball Central League Mazda Stadium 1949
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Soccer J. League Hiroshima Big Arch 1938
JT Thunders Volleyball V.League Nekota Kinen Taiikukan 1931
Hiroshima Maple Reds Handball Japan Handball League Hirogin no mori Taiikukan 1994

Hiroshima Prefecture

Hiroshima (capital city)Wards: Aki * Asakita * Asaminami * Higashi * Minami * Naka * Nishi * Saeki
Other citiesAkitakata * Etajima * Fuchū * Fukuyama * Hatsukaichi * Higashihiroshima * Kure * Mihara * Miyoshi * Onomichi * Ōtake * Shōbara * Takehara
Aki DistrictFuchū * Kaita * Kumano * Saka
Jinseki DistrictJinsekikōgen
Sera DistrictSera
Toyota DistrictŌsakikamijima
Yamagata DistrictAkiōta * Kitahiroshima

Metropolitan cities of Japan

Tokyo MetropolisSpecial wards of Tokyo
(Adachi * Arakawa * Bunkyō * Chiyoda * Chūō * Edogawa * Itabashi * Katsushika * Kita * Kōtō * Meguro * Minato * Nakano * Nerima * Ōta * Setagaya * Shibuya * Shinagawa * Shinjuku * Suginami * Sumida * Toshima * Taitō)
Designated citiesChiba * Fukuoka * Hamamatsu * Hiroshima * Kawasaki * Kitakyūshū * Kobe * Kyoto * Nagoya * Niigata * Okayama * Osaka * Sagamihara * Saitama * Sakai * Sapporo * Sendai * Shizuoka * Yokohama
Core citiesAkita * Amagasaki * Aomori * Asahikawa * Fukuyama * Funabashi * Gifu * Hakodate * Higashiōsaka * Himeji * Iwaki * Kagoshima * Kanazawa * Kashiwa * Kawagoe * Kōchi * Kōriyama * Kumamoto * Kurashiki * Kurume * Maebashi * Matsuyama * Miyazaki * Morioka * Nagano * Nagasaki * Nara * Nishinomiya * Ōita * Okazaki * Ōtsu * Shimonoseki * Takamatsu * Takatsuki * Toyama * Toyohashi * Toyota * Utsunomiya * Wakayama * Yokosuka
Special citiesAkashi * Atsugi * Chigasaki * Fuji * Fukui * Hachinohe * Hirakata * Hiratsuka * Ibaraki * Ichinomiya * Isesaki * Jōetsu * Kakogawa * Kasugai * Kasukabe * Kawaguchi * Kishiwada * Kōfu * Koshigaya * Kumagaya * Kure * Matsumoto * Mito * Nagaoka * Neyagawa * Numazu * Odawara * Ōta * Sasebo * Sōka * Suita * Takarazuka * Takasaki * Tokorozawa * Tottori * Toyonaka * Tsukuba * Yamagata * Yamato * Yao * Yokkaichi
Prefectural capitals
(not included above)
Fukushima * Tsu * Naha * Saga * Matsue * Tokushima * Yamaguchi



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