At the government’s memorial ceremony on March 11, the public is asked to observe a moment of silence at 2:46 p.m., the time the Great East Japan Earthquake struck in 2011. Cities such as Nagoya announce one minute of silence from 2:46.
In Hiroshima on August 6, at 8:15 a.m., the moment the atomic bomb was dropped, the peace bell and sirens sound. At the ceremony, at home and at work, people observe one minute of silence.