Nagasaki is the capital and the
largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan. It became
the sole port used for trade with the Portuguese and Dutch during the 16th
through 19th centuries and the Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region
have been recognized and included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. Part of
Nagasaki was home to a major Imperial Japanese Navy base during the First
Sino-Japanese War and Russo-Japanese War.
At the end of World War II, the
American atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki made Nagasaki the second
last city in the world to experience a nuclear attack.
Significance
The purpose of this day is to spread awareness on peace politics so that there are no more World wars and also to make people aware of the adverse effects it has on people and places.