Updated: August 06, 2011, 12:00 AM
In pictures: Japan remembers Hiroshima victims
Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (C) makes a speech at the Peace Memorial Park during the service to commemorate the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima at Hiroshima on August 6, 2011. Japan marks the 66th anniversary of US atomic bombing of Hiroshima as the country struggles to end a crisis at a nuclear power plant ravaged by the March quake-tsunami disaster. AFP PHOTO / TORU YAMANAKA *** Local Caption *** 560315-01-08.jpg
August 5, 2011: Dancers perform in traditional Korean costume as part of a the memorial service for Korean victims of a 1945 atomic bombing, at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on . People gathered at the memorial on the eve of the annual service to b???
August 6 2011: People pray before the cenotaph for the atomic bombing victims before the start of the 66th anniversary ceremony. AP Photo/Koji Sasahara
August 6, 2011: Protesters shout slogans at an anti-nuclear march in Hiroshima . REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
August 6 2011: People pray after releasing paper lanterns on a river facing the gutted Atomic Bomb Dome in remembrance of atomic bomb victims. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
August 6 2011: Doves fly around the Atomic Bomb Dome at the Peace Memorial Park after being released during the memorial service. AFP PHOTO / TORU YAMANAKA
August 6 2011: Doves fly in front of the Atomic Bomb Dome at the Peace Memorial Park after being released during the memorial service. AFP PHOTO / TORU YAMANAKA
August 5, 2011: The Atomic Bomb Dome is seen at dusk at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, on the eve of the 66th anniversary. EPA/KIMIMASA MAYAMA
August 6 2011: An A-bomb survivor lights incenses to offer a prayer for victims of the world's first atomic bombing in front of a cenotaph at the Peace Memorial Park at dusk prior to the memorial service. EPA/KIMIMASA MAYAMA
August 5 2011: Two women hold hands as they pose for photographers after forming a human chain to surround the gutted Atomic Bomb Dome during an event to commemorate victims of the atomic bombing in Hiroshima, western Japan and demand the halt of nuclear ???
Aug. 5, 2011: Mother and her children wait to take part in a lantern parade by Buddhist followers in prayer for peace around the illuminated Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, western Japan on the eve of the 66th anniversary of the bombing. AP Photo/Koji Sas???