Twisted wreckage left in the aftermath of the Hiroshima atomic bombingBeyond Nuclear has joined with more than 120 organizations, and thousands of individuals, calling on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to observe a respectful moment of silence on August 6 at 8:15am Japan time, to mark 76 years since the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Combined with Nagasaki three days later, the two atomic bombings killed more than 226,000 people, and inflicted lifelong suffering, including from radiation damage, on countless thousands of Hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors). The IOC has rejected the call, but its initiator, former Hiroshima Mayor, Tadatoshi Akiba, has not given up hope, despite the late hour. Please see our Nuclear Weapons website section for listings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki commemorations in the U.S. and worldwide.