It was more than seven decades ago that the United States dropped the world’s first atomic bomb on Japan, obliterating the city of Hiroshima, killing 140,000 people and ushering in a new era of nuclear conflict.
Today President Barack Obama has become the first sitting US president to visit Hiroshima. Obama made it clear in his interview with Japan's public broadcaster NHK that he would not offer an apology and Japan also said it would not seek one.
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