May 2016: Obama Visits Hiroshima

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

U.S. News | Disasters & Science News

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Obama Visits Hiroshima
image of President Obama with Hiroshima survivor
On May 27, 2016, President Obama becomes the first sitting president to visit Hiroshima and meet with survivors. During his time in Japan the president gives a speech in which he discusses how humanity has the means to destroy itself and nuclear weapons are a clear example. He believes that with technology progressing as quickly as it is, we need a "moral revolution." While he did not go so far as to apologize for the attack, President Obama did meet with many survivors who were glad to see him acknowledging what happened in Hiroshima.
Photo source: AP Photo/ Carolyn Kaster
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