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John Kerry visits ‘A-bombed’ city Hiroshima’s park




HIROSHIMA: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Monday made a historic visit to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Japan, sources said.

According to the reports, Kerry, along with other G7 foreign ministers visited the park’s Peace Memorial Museum and the Cenotaph for the Atomic Bomb Victims in the center of the park and laid floral wreath.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (2nd L) prepares to lay a wreath at the cenotaph with Japan's Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (L), Britain's Foreign Minister Philip Hammond and other fellow G7 foreign ministers at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and Museum in Hiroshima, Japan.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (2nd L) prepares to lay a wreath at the cenotaph with Japan’s Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (L), Britain’s Foreign Minister Philip Hammond and other fellow G7 foreign ministers at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and Museum in Hiroshima, Japan.

 

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Kerry is the first U.S. Secretary of State visiting the A-bombed city.

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To accelerate Japan’s surrender in the World War II, the U.S. forces dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki respectively on Aug. 6 and 9, 1945. Japan surrendered to the Allied Forces on Aug. 15, 1945, bringing an end to the war.




M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.