BDnews24: Japanese Ambassador Hiroyasu Izumi has shared his family story of sufferings during the atomic bombing in Hiroshima and also the “message for peace” with the people of Bangladesh.
Aug 6 marks the 73rd anniversary of Hiroshima Day when an atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima. The ambassador hoped that “we, Japan and Bangladesh, stand hand in hand to make this world more peaceful and harmonious”.
“I was born and raised in Hiroshima, so I always find myself praying for peace on this very day, 6th of August, no matter how far I am from Hiroshima,” he wrote.
“Before I came to Dhaka last September as Ambassador of Japan, many Japanese friends and colleagues who had special bond with Bangladesh told me that quite a lot of Bangladeshi people knew the tragedies of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and that some Bangladeshi organisations held memorial events every year on the day of tragedies.
“The facts deeply impressed me and made me very grateful to the people of Bangladesh for their sympathy and strong wish for peace.
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