In 1945, near the end of the war, Niigata was one of four cities, together with Hiroshima, Kokura, and Nagasaki, picked as targets for the atomic bomb if Japan did not surrender.
Godine 1945, pred kraj rata, Niigata je bila jedan od četiri grada, uključujući Hiroshimu, Kokuru i Nagasaki kao meta za atomske bombe, ako se Japan ne preda.