PhotoSouth Korea has not issued a formal statement either for or against Mr. Obama’s visit to Hiroshima. And Mr. Obama’s annual Nuclear Security Summit meetings and other efforts succeeded in pulling bomb-grade nuclear fuel out of countries like Ukraine and Chile. “I think the debate tipped last year in Japan’s favor after China built airfields in the South China Sea,” said Michael J. Mr. Abe, meanwhile, has worked diligently to tighten Japan’s already close embrace of the United States. The calculus about how a visit to Hiroshima would be seen elsewhere in Asia has changed.

Source: New York Times May 25, 2016 10:04 UTC