, Aug. 9 -- On Saturday, Nagasaki sounded an alarm over the growing risk of nuclear conflict as the city marked 80 years since the U.S. atomic bombing, calling on the world to heed the lessons of history and ensure it remains the last place to endure such destruction.

"This existential crisis of humanity has become imminent to each and every one of us living on Earth," Mayor Shiro Suzuki said in the Peace Declaration during the annual memorial at Nagasaki Peace Park. He described the world as trapped in a "vicious cycle of confrontation and fragmentation" and urged global leaders to present concrete steps toward eliminating nuclear weapons.

Suzuki praised the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Nihon Hidankyo for inspiring peace efforts across bo...