President Obama will be making a historic visit to Japan soon. He will become the first sitting us president to visit Hiroshima the place where the US first dropped an atomic bomb on Japan. This will be a historic visit with intent on heading toward a world without nuclear weapons. Japan has been known for being one of the biggest advocates for eliminating nuclear weapons entirely as they are the first and only country experience the effect of nuclear war and what it can do. Now while this trip to japan is widely being well received there are some in japan many survivors who want a formal apology from Obama i.e. Justin Trudeau. Still it's a significant event that I hope can bring awareness and eventually change.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/what-to-expect-ahead-of-obamas-visit-to-japan/
It's interesting that no other presidents have traveled to Japan since WW2...
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