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A First By A Sitting U.S. President: Obama Goes to Hiroshima

7:50am May 27, 2016

Hiroshima was destroyed in the first atomic bomb attack. Morning Edition talks to NPR's Scott Horsley and Elise Hu and Sheila Smith, expert in Japanese politics with the Council on Foreign Relations.

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Obama Visits Hiroshima, Which Symbolizes Atomic Age Horrors

7:49am May 27, 2016

Morning Edition talks to NPR's Scott Horsley and Elise Hu, Sheila Smith of the Council on Foreign Relations, Rep. Mark Takano of California and Kikue Takagi who survived the attack on Hiroshima.

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Hiroshima Survivor Recalls Bombing In Fight To Achieve Nuclear Disarmament

7:59pm May 26, 2016

On Aug. 6, 1945, Setsuko Thurlow was a 13-year-old girl living in Hiroshima, Japan. Thurlow survived the U.S. bombing of Hiroshima that day and has since become an activist for nuclear disarmament. NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with Thurlow about her experience and her reaction to President Obama's visit to Hiroshima.

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Obama Walks Tricky Line In Visit To Hiroshima, Japan

4:37pm May 26, 2016

by Scott Horsley

The White House says President Obama will not apologize for the U.S. nuclear bombing of Hiroshima when he visits the Japanese city on Friday. NPR looks at the political significance of the visit and the tricky line Obama will have to walk.

In Historic Hiroshima Visit, Obama To Push For Nuclear-Free World

4:22pm May 26, 2016

by Scott Horsley

The city is now synonymous with the deadly nuclear age that began there more than seven decades ago. White House officials stress that Obama will not apologize for the bombing.

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7 Decades After U.S. Dropped Atomic Bombs, Obama To Visit Hiroshima

9:05am May 26, 2016

On Friday, Obama visits Hiroshima, the first city to be hit with an atomic weapon. The U.S. dropped another atomic bomb on Nagasaki. Renee Montagne talks to Ken Sasae, Japan's ambassador to the U.S.

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Leader's Death Revives Question: What Is Pakistan's Relationship With The Taliban?

5:59am May 26, 2016

Renee Montagne talks to Mujib Mashal, a reporter with The New York Times, about Pakistan's role in the U.S. drone strike that killed the head of the Taliban over the weekend.

Demonstrators gather in a silent rally to mourn the death of an Okinawa woman in front of Camp Zukeran on May 22. The crime is thrusting the opposition to the U.S. presence on Okinawa back in the spotlight.

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As President Visits Japan, Okinawa Controversy Is Back In The Limelight

6:13pm May 25, 2016

by Elise Hu

Following a gruesome killing, allegedly by a former Marine, controversy over the presence of American troops on Okinawa is adding another layer to Obama's historic trip this week.

Obama Wraps Up Vietnam Visit; Heads To Japan

8:06am May 25, 2016

Obama's last stop of his Asia visit is Japan. David Greene talks to Evan Medeiros, former chief adviser for Asia on the National Security Council. He now heads Asia research at the Eurasia Group.

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Chinese Billionaire Takes On Disney With His Own Theme Parks

8:06am May 25, 2016

by Anthony Kuhn

Disney will soon open a $5 billion theme park in Shanghai, its second in China. A Chinese real estate mogul predicts he will leave Disney in the dust, as he builds the world's largest tourism company.

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