Editor’s note: One of the major themes at the Group of Seven summit, being held in Hiroshima from May 19, is working toward a world without nuclear weapons.
The United States dropped atomic bombs on two Japanese cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, in the closing days of World War II almost 77 years ago. Another city, Kokura, was also a target, though the industrial city, now part of Kitakyushu, ultimately had a lucky escape. A common thread binding these…