Atomic bomb survivors want Obama to meet, apologize in Hiroshima

TOKYO (TIP): A group representing Japanese survivors of US atomic bombings has asked US President Barack Obama to hear their stories and apologize when he visit Hiroshima .

Two leaders of the Tokyo-based nationwide group said Thursday many survivors want an apology though they avoided an outright demand for one.

US atomic bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of the World War II killed more than 200,000 people and nearly destroyed the cities.

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