Japanese officials pledged today to seek a society less reliant on nuclear energy as the country marked the 67th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.

Australia advised its citizens to consider leaving Tokyo and earthquake-affected areas today, joining a growing number of governments and businesses telling their people it may be safer elsewhere.

The site of the world’s worst atomic bomb attack echoed with the choirs of schoolchildren and the solemn ringing of bells as Hiroshima marked its biggest memorial yet – and the first to be attended by Britain, the US and other major nuclear powers.

THE site of the world’s worst atomic bomb attack echoed with choirs and Buddhist prayers as Hiroshima prepared to mark its biggest memorial yet and the first to be attended by the US and other major nuclear powers.