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Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 2, 2016
Obama reworked Hiroshima speech many times in bid to find right balance
U.S. president's top speechwriter says Obama worked hard to make sure it was 'a broad reflection on what we must learn from history.'
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jun 1, 2016
Views from Hiroshima: What did you make of President Obama's visit?
People in Hiroshima offer their views on last week's historic trip by U.S. President Barack Obama.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 31, 2016
Kishida's stock rises as future leader after Obama's Hiroshima visit
When U.S. President Barack Obama laid a wreath at the Hiroshima peace memorial on Friday to honor the 140,000 victims of the world's first atomic bomb attack, one of the city's best-known native sons was standing nearby — and in a position to take credit for arranging the historic event.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
May 30, 2016
Obama visit highlighted differences in Japan and U.S. over 'an apology'
Prior to U.S. President Barack Obama's recent Asian visit, many of his critics back home were already mocking the trip, calling it an "apology tour."
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 28, 2016
Obama Hiroshima visit draws mixed reviews
While U.S. President Barack Obama's Hiroshima speech was widely lauded in Japan and overseas, its substance left some observers disappointed on both sides of the Pacific.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 28, 2016
Chinese foreign minister says Nanking Massacre deserves more attention than Hiroshima
China's foreign minister has said that the atrocities committed by Japan during World War II deserve "even more attention" than the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 27, 2016
Obama makes history, confronts past in Hiroshima
The U.S. president paid tribute to atomic bombing victims, reaffirmed U.S.-Japan ties and called for the elimination of nuclear weapons.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 27, 2016
Full text of Obama's speech in Hiroshima
Seventy-one years ago, on a bright, cloudless morning, death fell from the sky and the world was changed. A flash of light and a wall of fire destroyed a city and demonstrated that mankind possessed the means to destroy itself.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 27, 2016
Obama visits Hiroshima to ponder 'terrible force unleashed'
Barack Obama on Friday became the first sitting U.S. president to visit Hiroshima, laying a wreath at the site of the world's first atomic bombing in a gesture Tokyo and Washington hope will showcase their alliance and invigorate efforts to eradicate nuclear weapons.
JAPAN
May 26, 2016
On eve of Obama's visit, calls to revise SOFA grow in Hiroshima
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Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 26, 2016
Former American soldier's Hiroshima visit canceled, POW group says
The former POW was to accompany U.S. President Barack Obama on his historic visit to the atomic-bombed city.

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