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Sign to the Torii gate
nagasaki harbor.Monument to Korean Victims of the Nagasaki Atomic
It is estimated that there were about 70,000 and 20,000 Korean people living in Nagasaki-ken and Nagasaki city area, respectively.
According to research by Nagasaki City, about 12,000 of those people were exposed to the atomic bomb explosion on August 9, 1945.
On the rear of the monument is the inscription: “For the Koreans who were brought to Japan against their will and exposed to the atomic bombing while engaged in hard labor, and for their bereaved families. August 9, 1979”
