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International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, right, speaks to journalists after meeting Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga at the prime minister’s official residence in Tokyo on July 14. (Pool Photo via AP) Many residents of Hiroshima welcome attention from abroad, which IOC President Thomas Bach will bring when he visits on Friday. The western Japanese city has been in the forefront of the world peace movement and a campaigner for the abolition of nuclear weapons. But Bach will also bring political baggage as will his vice president John Coates when he visits Nagasaki the same day that is largely unwelcome in two cities viewed as sacred by many Japanese. ....
by Stephen Wade, The Associated Press Posted Jul 14, 2021 10:16 pm EDT Last Updated Jul 14, 2021 at 10:30 pm EDT FILE - In this 1945 file photo, an Allied war correspondent stands in the ruins of Hiroshima, Japan, just weeks after the city was leveled by an atomic bomb. Many residents of Hiroshima welcome attention to their city from abroad, which IOC President Thomas Bach will bring when he visits on Friday, July 16. But Bach will also bring political baggage as will his vice president John Coates when he visits Nagasaki the same day that is largely unwelcome in two cities viewed as sacred by many Japanese. (AP Photo/File) ....
TOKYO (AP) Many residents of Hiroshima welcome attention from abroad, which IOC President Thomas Bach will bring when he visits on Friday. The western Japanese city has been in the forefront of the world peace movement and a campaigner for the abolition of nuclear weapons. But Bach will also bring political baggage as will his vice president John Coates when he visits Nagasaki the same day that is largely unwelcome in two cities viewed as sacred by many Japanese. Bach and Coates are using the backdrop of the cities, hit with atomic bombs by the United States in 1945, to promote the first day of the so-called Olympic Truce, a tradition from ancient Greece that was revived by a United Nations resolution in 1993. They will also be signaling the start of the Tokyo Olympics in one week. The Games are going ahead during the pandemic despite persistent opposition in Japan from the general public and the medical community. ....
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