Obama to make symbolic visit to Hiroshima
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.029814
New York Times : When President Obama travels to Hiroshima, Japan, on 27 May, he will become the first sitting US president to visit the first city targeted by a nuclear weapon. Hiroshima was devastated by the atomic bomb the US dropped on 6 August 1945; it killed more than 100 000 people and caused widespread destruction. More than 70 years later, the city has been rebuilt and features the 30-acre Peace Memorial Park, which is among the sites Obama plans to visit. Rather than focus on the past, the president intends to direct attention to the future and his efforts to limit nuclear weapons around the world. That sentiment has been echoed by Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, who has said the visit will be a chance to both honor the dead and lend support to worldwide nuclear disarmament.
