Japan remembers nuclear attacks
Aug. 10, 2015
Q: This week marks the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II when Japan surrendered just days after two U.S. nuclear bombs destroyed the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Where is Japan?
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Q: Survivors and political leaders gathered last Friday in Hiroshima to remember the 140,000 people killed in the world's first nuclear attack at 8:15 a.m. on Aug. 6, 1945. In the six months before Hiroshima, U.S. firebombs killed many more Japanese in 67 cities including the nation's capital . . .
A. Kyoto
B. Nagoya
C. Tokyo
D. Yokohama
Q: In last Sunday's memorial at Nagasaki, speeches at the ceremony criticized the attending Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for his plans to loosen the restrictions on what Japan's military can do. Japan currently is involved in a territorial dispute with what World War II foe?
A. China
B. Italy
C. Germany
D. United States
Q: On Aug. 15, 1945, Emperor Hirohito announced Japan's unconditional surrender. It followed the nuclear bombings and an Aug. 8, 1945, declaration of war by which U.S. WWII ally?
A. Australia
B. Britain
C. China
D. Soviet Union
Q: In 1947, Japan adopted a new constitution for what form of government?
A. Autocracy
B. Constitutional monarchy
C. Communist republic
D. Federal republic
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