THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
March 27, 2022 at 07:30 JST
Rahm Emanuel, U.S. ambassador to Japan, offers flowers and a prayer at the cenotaph for victims of the Aug. 6, 1945, atomic bombing of Hiroshima at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on March 26. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida stands behind him. (The Asahi Shimbun)
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