Barack Obama to visit Hiroshima on Japan and Vietnam trip

No serving US president had visited Hiroshima since it was hit by a US nuclear bomb in 1945, Gary O'Donoghue reports Barack Obama is to visit Hiroshima this month - the first serving US president to travel to the Japanese city since it was hit by a US nuclear bomb in 1945. The visit will be part of an Asian trip from 21-28 May that will also take in Vietnam. The Hiroshima bombing on 6 August 1945

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"The President and his team will make this visit knowing that the open recognition of history is essential to understanding our shared past, the forces that shape the world we live in today, and the future that we seek for our children and grandchildren."

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"The White House said there would be no apology for the bombings."