Nagasaki pays homage to 1945 atomic bomb victims

Devastation is seen in the vicinity of 'ground zero' after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan in an undated photograph. Photo: Department of Defense/Department of the Air Force/Handout via REUTERS.

TOKYO: Seventy-six years ago today (August 9) Nagasaki faced the brunt of the atomic bomb dropped by the US that marked the end of the Second World War.