President Barack Obama will become the first sitting U.S. president to visit Hiroshima on May 27, 2016. Secretary of State John Kerry became the highest-ranking US official at the time to visit Hiroshima when he toured the Hiroshima Peace Memorial and Museum on April 11, 2016.
Here is a roundup of media coverage on President Obama’s and Secretary Kerry’s visits.
President Obama’s Visit and Speech
- A look at world’s nuclear reality, 70 years after Hiroshima – PBS Newshour
- Brother of Hiroshima paper crane girl plans U.S. peace education NPO – Japan Times
- Four things to know about President Obama’s visit to Hiroshima – USA Today
- Hiroshima, a Modern City with a Symbolic Mission – Times of San Diego
- Hiroshima: Then and now – CNN
- How a Hiroshima survivor helped remember 12 U.S. POWs killed by bomb – PBS Newshour
- In Hiroshima 71 years after first atomic strike, Obama calls for end of nuclear weapons – Washington Post
- My pop-pop was a groundbreaking black chemist — who helped create the atomic bomb – Vox
- Obama Calls for World Without Nuclear Bombs in Hiroshima Speech – Bloomberg
- Obama’s Hiroshima visit strengthens his call for nuclear disarmament – The Guardian
- Obama’s Historic Hiroshima Visit – The Atlantic
- Obama’s hug of Hiroshima survivor epitomizes historic visit – Associated Press
- Obama uses Hiroshima visit as opportunity to urge no nukes – US News & World Report
- Remembering Hiroshima: ‘Stop working. We lost the war.’ – Washington Post
- Should Truman Have Used the Atomic Bomb? – US News and World Report
- Survivors of Hiroshima: ‘There is horror here’ – USA Today
- Text of President Obama’s Speech in Hiroshima, Japan – New York Times
- To 1,000 cranes at Hiroshima, Obama adds two more – USA Today
- Truman expressed regret over loss of life after atomic bombings: Grandson – CTV News
- Visitors to Hiroshima A-bomb museum double after Obama’s tour – Japan Times
- What Presidents Talk About When They Talk About Hiroshima – New Yorker
- Who wrote Obama’s Hiroshima speech? – The Guardian
Before President Obama’s Visit
- A-bomb survivors welcome Obama’s visit to Hiroshima – Stars and Stripes
- After 71 years, debate over A-bombs shows no sign of resolution – Japan Times
- As Obama goes to Hiroshima, here are 3 principles for a successful visit (with no apologies) – Washington Post
- Do Hiroshima residents even want an apology? – BBC
- Editorial: What happened at Hiroshima – Chicago Tribune
- Grandson of Man on Hiroshima, Nagasaki Missions Remembers – Wall Street Journal
- Harry Truman’s grandson wants Obama to go to Hiroshima – The Washington Post
- Here’s why Obama decided to go to Hiroshima – CNN
- Hiroshima A-bomb museum chief hopes Obama will visit displays ‘as a father’ – Japan Times
- Hiroshima and the Politics of Apologizing – The Atlantic
- Hiroshima, Nagasaki mayors expect Obama visit to empower quest for nuke-free world – Japan Times
- Hiroshima survivor urges Obama to visit site of world’s first atomic bombing – The Guardian
- Hiroshima survivors want Obama to apologize. But the Japanese government probably doesn’t. – Vox
- In Obama’s Visit to Hiroshima, a Complex Calculus of Asian Politics – New York Times
- Japan doesn’t want the U.S. to apologize for bombing Hiroshima. Here’s why – Los Angeles Times
- Korean Survivors of Atomic Bombs Renew Fight for Recognition, and Apology – New York Times
- Memories of Hiroshima’s Suffering Fade Ahead of Obama Visit – Bloomberg
- My uncle leveled Hiroshima. We’re not sorry: Voices – USA Today
- Obama should honor Manhattan Project workers – Knoxville News Sentinel
- Obama’s Hiroshima trip parachutes him into history disputes – Associated Press
- Obama’s Hiroshima visit looks to future amid charges of selective amnesia – Reuters
- POW on president’s Hiroshima visit: ‘It’s too late’ – ABC
- President Obama’s Visit to Hiroshima Stirs Mixed Emotions – NBC News
- Scientists still track health fallout of nuclear bombing of Japan – PBS Newshour
- The forgotten story of tens of thousands of Koreans who died in Hiroshima – Washington Post
- Tokyo, Washington eying chat with hibakusha during Obama’s Hiroshima visit – Japan Times
- What Should Obama Say on His Visit to Hiroshima? – New York Times
- What you need to know about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima – Los Angeles Times
- When Hiroshima speaks, President must listen – CNN
- Video segment with Manhattan Project veteran Lilli Hornig and AHF advisor Kinue Tokudome – Yahoo Japan
- Would the U.S. Drop the Bomb Again? – Wall Street Journal
Secretary Kerry’s Visit
- In Hiroshima, Kerry won’t apologize for atomic bombs dropped on Japan – Washington Post
- John Kerry, in Hiroshima, Reaffirms Need to Curb Nuclear Weapons – Wall Street Journal
- John Kerry makes historic visit to Hiroshima memorial – BBC
- Kerry makes ‘gut-wrenching’ visit to where U.S. first dropped atomic bomb in Hiroshima – Washington Post
- Kerry says Hiroshima ‘gut-wrenching’ reminder world should abandon nuclear weapons – Reuters
- Kerry Visits Hiroshima Memorial and Underlines U.S.-Japan Alliance – New York Times
- Recognizing America’s Nuclear Past in Japan – The Atlantic
- Secretary of State John Kerry pays ‘gut-wrenching’ visit to Hiroshima – USA Today
- Secretary Of State John Kerry Visits Hiroshima Memorial – NPR