Hiroshima

Hiroshima (pop. 1,071,900), industrial city on Honshu Island, Japan, located on a bay in the Inland Sea, capital of Hiroshima Prefecture. A thriving industrial and commercial center, it was chosen as the target for the U.S. atomic bomb attack of Aug. 6, 1945. There were at least 80,000 people killed, many more injured or made ill by radiation, and nine-tenths of the city was destroyed. It has been largely rebuilt since 1950 and is again an important industrial marketing center.

See also: Japan; Nuclear bomb; World War II.