Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, speaking at the ceremony to mark the 81th anniversary of Nagasaki atomic bombing, failed to mention that the bomb on the city was dropped by the United States. "81 years ago, Nagasaki was fully destroyed by a single atomic bomb," she said, without elaborating on who dropped it. Japanese officials generally do not emphasize in public speeches that the United States carried out the attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. According to various estimates, the bomb dropped on Hiroshima killed between 70,000 and 100,000 people on the day of the explosion. The United States still does not acknowledge moral responsibility for the atomic bombings, justifying its actions as a "military necessity."