President Barack Obama will visit Hiroshima later this month as part of a diplomatic trip to Asia

Obama to Be First Sitting U.S. President to Visit Hiroshima Since World War II Bombing

President Barack Obama will make history later this month when he’s expected to become the first sitting president to visit Hiroshima since the U.S. dropped a nuclear bomb on the Japanese city during World War II.

According to a statement from the White House, Obama will visit the city with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe “to highlight his continued commitment to pursuing the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons.”

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The U.S. Army Air Forces dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, near the end of the war, killing at least 60,000 people instantly and around 135,000 total, according to the BBC. This bombing and that of Nagasaki three days later mark the only instances of nuclear warfare in history.

Benjamin J. Rhodes, POTUS’ deputy national security adviser for strategic communication, wrote in a blog post that Obama will not be using the trip to “revisit” America’s actions at Hiroshima.

“He will share his reflections on the significance of the site and the events that occurred there. He will not revisit the decision to use the atomic bomb at the end of World War II,” Rhodes wrote. “Instead, he will offer a forward-looking vision focused on our shared future.”

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Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy recently visited Hiroshima while attending the G7 Ministerial Meeting hosted by the city in April.

The upcoming visit is part of Obama’s tenth trip to Asia, during which he will travel to Vietnam and Japan from May 21 to May 28.