The service began promptly at 3 p.

Japanese American Cultural Community Center;Kristen Hayashi.3 at Koyasan Beikoku Betsuin of Los Angeles in Little Tokyo.

head minister of Nishi Hongwanji Buddhist Temple and president of the Los Angeles Buddhist Temple Federation.Rotary Club of Little Tokyo;Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui and Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki delivered greetings via video.Greetings from Koyasan and ASA were followed by Goeika chanting by Koyasan Eiyukai and Zenshuji Baikaryu.

Video messages from Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Mori and Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki were shown.YAMAMOTORAFU STAFF WRITERThe 80th commemorative service of Hiroshima-Nagasaki atomic bomb victims and survivors took place on Aug.

others died later from exposure to radiation.

Kakita experienced a sea of carnage — people with skin dripping from their bodies or with their guts hanging out.which is Japanese for colleagues.

Submissions must include a short author biography.Submissions are accepted until Sept.

announces the 14th edition of its Nikkei Chronicles special series.a journalist and nonfiction writer; Harumi López Higa.