President Barack Obama makes an historic Hiroshima visit
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Barack Obama has arrived in Hiroshima to become the first serving US president to visit the Japanese city since the 1945 nuclear bombing.
Mr Obama flew into the Iwakuni US base nearby, after leaving the G7 summit.
He said his visit was "a testament to how even the most painful of divides can be bridged". But he also says he will not be apologising for the attack.
At least 140,000 people died in Hiroshima on6 August 1945, in what was the world's first nuclear bombing.
Two days later a second nuclear bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, killing another 74,000.
Mr Obama flew into the Iwakuni US base nearby, after leaving the G7 summit.
He said his visit was "a testament to how even the most painful of divides can be bridged". But he also says he will not be apologising for the attack.
At least 140,000 people died in Hiroshima on6 August 1945, in what was the world's first nuclear bombing.
Two days later a second nuclear bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, killing another 74,000.
