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HIROSHIMA

JAPAN / History
May 20, 2016
South Korean hibakusha urge Obama to apologize in Hiroshima
South Korean survivors of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima are urging U.S. President Barack Obama to apologize for the suffering caused by that "horrific crime" against humanity when he makes his historic visit to the Japanese city later this month.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 19, 2016
Obama to note U.S. 'moral responsibility' for nuclear-free world in Hiroshima, says speechwriter
U.S. President Barack Obama will cite his country's 'moral responsibility' on the issue when he visits Hiroshima next week, a top adviser says.
JAPAN / Politics
May 18, 2016
In Hiroshima, Obama to talk about consequences of nuclear war: aide
U.S. President Barack Obama may use his Hiroshima visit to urge world leaders to consider the consequences of using nuclear weapons, a close aide said Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
May 16, 2016
Aide reaffirms Obama plans no apology for 1945 A-bombings
The United States will not apologize for having dropped atomic bombs on Japan at the end of World War II, a White House official said on CNN Sunday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
May 15, 2016
Rather than apologize, Obama should vow to halve the U.S. nuclear stockpile
What remains is that egregious, gaudy number: America's 7,000 nuclear weapons, a number that countries without nuclear arms see as a slap in the face.
JAPAN / View from Osaka
May 14, 2016
Obama's Hiroshima visit sparks 'what if' questions
U.S. President Barack Obama's historic visit to Hiroshima later this month, the first ever by a sitting president, has rekindled the debate on both sides of the Pacific on what happened during the weeks leading up to the Aug. 6, 1945, atomic bombing of the city in the closing days of World War II.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 13, 2016
Slim majority see no need for Obama to apologize for atomic bombs: Japan Times poll
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JAPAN / Politics
May 13, 2016
U.S. leadership hears veterans' concerns about Obama's Hiroshima visit
A close aide to U.S. President Barack Obama met war veterans Thursday amid concerns the president's planned trip to Hiroshima this month could be seen as an apology for the atomic bomb attacks at the end of World War II.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 12, 2016
Swallows sink Carp on sacrifice fly in 10th inning
Tomotaka Sakaguchi's sacrifice fly plated the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning to lift the Tokyo Yakult Swallows to a 4-3 come-from-behind victory over the Hiroshima Carp on Thursday night.
JAPAN
May 12, 2016
Survivor hopes Obama to reflect on 1954 H-bomb test in Hiroshima visit
A Japanese survivor of a 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb test in the Pacific said Thursday he hopes U.S. President Barack Obama will reflect on the consequences of the test among other issues when he visits Hiroshima later this month.
JAPAN
May 12, 2016
South Korean A-bomb victims' group to send representatives to Hiroshima
An association of South Korean atomic bomb survivors said Thursday it will send representatives to Hiroshima for U.S. President Barack Obama's historic visit to the city on May 27.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 11, 2016
Swallows score five in eighth inning to hook Carp
The Tokyo Yakult Swallows scored five runs in the eighth inning as they secured a 5-2 come-from-behind win over the Hiroshima Carp on Wednesday in the Central League.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 11, 2016
Japanese hail Hiroshima visit, say apology not needed
On the streets of Tokyo, a majority of people reporters spoke to on Tuesday said U.S. President Barack Obama does not need to say sorry during his May 27 visit to Hiroshima.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
May 11, 2016
Abe may call Lower House poll, using tailwind from Obama's Hiroshima visit
Some expect Abe to call a Lower House election to coincide with a summer Upper House poll in light of Obama's Hiroshima visit.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 11, 2016
Some in Hiroshima, Nagasaki welcome Obama's historic visit; others wish it came sooner
The mayors, many survivors of the atomic bombings, and many residents of the only two cities ever attacked with nuclear weapons have hailed the decision announced Tuesday that U.S. President Barack Obama will visit Hiroshima later this month.
JAPAN
May 11, 2016
Obama steps into regional spat over victimhood
A plan for the first-ever visit to Hiroshima by a sitting U.S. president was expected to draw a mixed reaction in the region, where China and South Korea have accused Japan of glossing over its actions in World War II and playing up its own victimhood.
EDITORIALS
May 11, 2016
Obama's visit to Hiroshima
President Barack Obama's planned visit to Hiroshima will no doubt have symbolic significance. Whether anything more will come of it remains to be seen.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 11, 2016
Japan, America welcome Obama Hiroshima plans; Pearl Harbor visit mooted
Experts discuss how the U.S. president's visit may be viewed; meanwhile Suga denies any plans for Abe to visit Pearl Harbor.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 11, 2016
Poll: Do you think Obama should apologize?
It was announced Tuesday that U.S. President Barack Obama will visit Hiroshima later this month during the Group of 7 summit in Japan. 
JAPAN
May 11, 2016
White House: Viewing Obama's Hiroshima visit as tantamount to apology would be 'wrong'
A White House spokesman said Tuesday it would be "wrong" to view U.S. President Barack Obama's historic visit to Hiroshima as an apology for the atomic bombings of Japan at the end of World War II.

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