Hiroshima – Asia Times

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The year 2023 is bringing a renewed focus on the US-Japan partnership as a fulcrum of global and regional diplomacy. With an eye to this weekend’s G7 Summit in Hiroshima, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida began the year with visits to G7 counterparts in Europe and North America. Later in the spring, he toured Africa in an […]

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Boats carrying bonfires float along the Motoyasu-gawa River in front of the Atomic Bomb Dome in honor of the souls of those lost in the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The ceremony took place on Aug. 5, 2018, the eve of the 73rd anniversary of the bombing. Photo: The Yomiuri Shimbun

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Rescuers conduct a search for missing people in Kumano Town in Hiroshima Prefecture on July 9, 2018. The record rainfall has caused widespread flooding and landslides in the central and western part of Japan. Photo: AFP/The Yomiuri Shimbun

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