Letter of thanks from Obama to Hiroshima
US President Barack Obama hugs Shigeaki Mori, a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial park cenotaph in Hiroshima on May 27, 2016. Obama became the first sitting US leader to visit the site that ushered in the age of nuclear conflict. Photo: AFP
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum received a letter of thanks on Thursday from US President Barack Obama, who became in May the first sitting US president to visit the atomic-bombed city of Hiroshima.
"I visited Hiroshima to reaffirm my commitment to working toward a world without nuclear weapons," Obama wrote in the letter, which has his signature at the bottom.
A letter of thanks from US President Barack Obama to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. Photo: The Japan News
The museum has sent Obama an illustrated book about the bomb's damage, a photo book with images of the personal belongings of atomic bomb victims, and other items.
Copright: The Japan News/ Asia News Network
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