Since 1979, monthly sit-ins by atomic bomb survivors and others in the Nagasaki Peace Park calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons and a world without war have been held on the ninth day of each month as a rallying cry for peace.Although more than 500 sit-ins have been held to date by hibakusha, or atomic bomb survivors, since they began 45 years ago, nuclear weapons are not only still in existence but have only grown as a threat to humanity.Sharing in their indignation, participants in the city in Japan's southwestern prefecture -- the site of the atomic bombing in the final stages of…READ FULL ARTICLE
