Across Asia: Japan

Mayor wants nuke ban

The mayor of Nagasaki called for a global ban on nuclear arms at a ceremony marking the 64th anniversary of the devastating US attack that killed about 74,000 people.

In a speech given just after 11:02 am - the time when a plutonium American bomb flattened Nagasaki on August 9, 1945 - Mayor Tomihisa Taue said some progress had been made toward eliminating nuclear weaponry but more needed to be done.