First US President to visit Hiroshima! Will he repent for the past sins of US in bombing the hapless nation?
[h=1]Barack Obama to visit Hiroshima on Japan trip[/h]May 11, 2016 08:15
During his historic visit to Hiroshima this month, Barack Obama would promote his vision of a nuclear weapons-free planet by becoming the first sitting US president to tour the site where America first dropped an atomic bomb in 1945, killing an estimated 140,000 people.
"The President intends the visit to send a much more forward-looking signal about his ambition for realising the goals of a planet without nuclear weapons," White House PressSecretary Josh Earnest said.
Obama would be the first American president to visit Hiroshima -- the site of the first nuclear attack by the US on Japan -- later this month. The visit is also an opportunity to highlight the remarkable transformation in the relationship between Japan and the US.
Obama is visiting Japan to attend the G-7 meeting. Obama's visit to Hiroshima follows that of US Ambassador to Japan and Secretary of State John Kerry.
http://news.rediff.com/commentary/2...n-japan-trip/4618e691a1d62a94324fe67059d5ccd6
[h=1]Barack Obama to visit Hiroshima on Japan trip[/h]May 11, 2016 08:15
During his historic visit to Hiroshima this month, Barack Obama would promote his vision of a nuclear weapons-free planet by becoming the first sitting US president to tour the site where America first dropped an atomic bomb in 1945, killing an estimated 140,000 people.
"The President intends the visit to send a much more forward-looking signal about his ambition for realising the goals of a planet without nuclear weapons," White House PressSecretary Josh Earnest said.
Obama would be the first American president to visit Hiroshima -- the site of the first nuclear attack by the US on Japan -- later this month. The visit is also an opportunity to highlight the remarkable transformation in the relationship between Japan and the US.
Obama is visiting Japan to attend the G-7 meeting. Obama's visit to Hiroshima follows that of US Ambassador to Japan and Secretary of State John Kerry.
http://news.rediff.com/commentary/2...n-japan-trip/4618e691a1d62a94324fe67059d5ccd6
