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The 1994 Asian Games also known as XII Asiad were held from October 2 to October 16 , 1994 , in Hiroshima , ___MASK8___ . The main theme of this edition was to promote peace and harmony among Asian nations . It was emphasized by the host because the venue was the site of the first atomic bomb attack 49 years earlier . Due to the 1991 Gulf War , Iraq was suspended from the games . Bishamondai Station is a HRT station on Astram Line , located in 1 - 7 - 45 , Bishamondai , Asaminami - ku , Hiroshima . ___MASK26___ War II ( often abbreviated to WWII or WW2 ), also known as the Second ___MASK26___ War , was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945 , although related conflicts began earlier . It involved the vast majority of the ___MASK26___ ' s nations  including all of the great powers  eventually forming two opposing military alliances : the Allies and the Axis . It was the most widespread war in history , and directly involved more than 100 million people from over 30 countries . In a state of " total war ", the major participants threw their entire economic , industrial , and scientific capabilities behind the war effort , erasing the distinction between civilian and military resources . Marked by mass deaths of civilians , including the Holocaust ( in which approximately 11 million people were killed ) and the strategic bombing of industrial and population centres ( in which approximately one million were killed , and which included the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ), it resulted in an estimated 50 million to 85 million fatalities . These made ___MASK26___ War II the deadliest conflict in human history . Hiroshima is perhaps best known as the first city in history to be targeted by a nuclear weapon when the ___MASK33___ Army Air Forces ( USAAF ) dropped an atomic bomb on the city ( and later on Nagasaki ) at 8 : 15 a . m . on August 6 , 1945 , near the end of ___MASK26___ War II . The ___MASK33___ Army Air Forces ( USAAF or AAF ) was the military aviation service of the ___MASK33___ of America during and immediately after ___MASK26___ War II , successor to the ___MASK33___ Army Air Corps and the direct predecessor of the ___MASK33___ Air Force . The AAF were a component of the ___MASK33___ Army , which in 1942 was divided functionally by executive order into three autonomous forces : the Army Ground Forces , the Services of Supply ( which in 1943 became the Army Service Forces ), and the Army Air Forces . Each of these forces had a commanding general who reported directly to the Army Chief of Staff . ___MASK26___ War I ( WWI or WW1 ), also known as the First ___MASK26___ War , or the Great War , was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918 . More than 70 million military personnel , including 60 million Europeans , were mobilised in one of the largest wars in history . Over nine million combatants and seven million civilians died as a result of the war ( including the victims of a number of genocides ), a casualty rate exacerbated by the belligerents ' technological and industrial sophistication , and the tactical stalemate caused by gruelling trench warfare . It was one of the deadliest conflicts in history , and paved the way for major political changes , including revolutions in many of the nations involved . , also known as the , is a rubber - tired transit system operated by Hiroshima Rapid Transit in Hiroshima , ___MASK8___ . Astram opened August 8 , 1994 for the 1994 Asian Games in Hiroshima . The line connects between central Hiroshima and Hiroshima Big Arch , which was the main stadium of the Asian Games . On March 14 , 2015 , a new station , Shin - Hakushima , opened to make a new connection between the Astram Line and JR lines . An extension west to Nishi - Hiroshima Station is currently being planned . During ___MASK26___ War II , the American atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki made Nagasaki the second and , to date , last city in the ___MASK26___ to experience a nuclear attack . , under current sponsorship as , is a multi - purpose stadium in Hiroshima , ___MASK8___ . It is the home ground of J . League club Sanfrecce Hiroshima . It has a capacity of 36 , 906 . It is an all - seater . It was formerly known as Hiroshima Park Main Stadium . The Asian Games , also known as Asiad , is a Pancontinental multi - sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia . The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation ( AGF ) from the first Games in New Delhi , ___MASK12___ , until the 1978 Games . Since the 1982 Games they have been organized by the Olympic Council of Asia ( OCA ), after the breakup of the Asian Games Federation . The Games are recognized by the International Olympic Committee ( IOC ) and are described as the second largest multi - sport event after the Olympic Games .