{"id":172630,"date":"2025-08-08T17:14:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T08:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=172630&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-08-08T17:16:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T08:16:20","slug":"80th-anniversary-of-the-bombing-of-nagasaki","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/80th-anniversary-of-the-bombing-of-nagasaki\/","title":{"rendered":"80th Anniversary of The Bombing of Nagasaki"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new episode of NHK World\u2019s Train Cruise airs this Saturday, August 9, marking exactly 80 years since the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. Nick Szasz, publisher of Fukuoka Now, appears as the on-screen traveler, journeying across Nagasaki Prefecture to explore how the city was shaped by war\u2014and how it recovered. In this episode, Nick visits Peace Park, speaks with atomic bomb survivors, explores former air-raid shelters transformed into shops, and discovers how railways helped rebuild the city.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/nhk-nagasaki-screen-1-1.jpg?resize=1400%2C846&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"846\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-172634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/nhk-nagasaki-screen-1-1.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/nhk-nagasaki-screen-1-1.jpg?resize=300%2C181&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/nhk-nagasaki-screen-1-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C619&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/nhk-nagasaki-screen-1-1.jpg?resize=768%2C464&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Broadcast Times (JST)<\/strong><br \/>\nAugust 9, 2025 \u2014 7:10 PM\u20137:54 PM<br \/>\nAugust 10, 2025 \u2014 12:10 AM\u201312:54 AM \/ 6:10 AM\u20136:54 AM<\/p>\n<p>Watch worldwide on NHK World-Japan:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/nhkworld\/en\/shows\/2068047\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/nhkworld\/en\/shows\/2068047\/<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Episode title:<\/strong> Nagasaki: Railways Witnessed War and Recovery<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/NHK-train-cruise-nagasaki-SNS-003-1.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-172635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/NHK-train-cruise-nagasaki-SNS-003-1.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/NHK-train-cruise-nagasaki-SNS-003-1.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/NHK-train-cruise-nagasaki-SNS-003-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/NHK-train-cruise-nagasaki-SNS-003-1.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/NHK-train-cruise-nagasaki-SNS-004-1.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-172636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/NHK-train-cruise-nagasaki-SNS-004-1.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/NHK-train-cruise-nagasaki-SNS-004-1.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/NHK-train-cruise-nagasaki-SNS-004-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/NHK-train-cruise-nagasaki-SNS-004-1.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new episode of NHK World\u2019s Train Cruise airs this Saturday, August 9, marking exactly 80 years since the atomic bombing of Nagasaki&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":172634,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-172630","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-nagasaki-prefecture","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/172630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172630"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}