Foreign 'peace tourism' to Hiroshima swells in troubled times

Foreign visitors to Hiroshima, and sites such as Peace Memorial Park, have grown substantially in recent years. (Photo by Yo Inoue)

HIROSHIMA, Japan -- The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum drew a record 945,000 foreign visitors in fiscal 2025, almost 40% of the site's total, in a sign of how conflicts involving nuclear powers are refocusing attention on one of the only cities to experience an atomic bombing.

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