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