South Korean becomes 10 millionth visitor to Nagasaki A-Bomb mus

NAGASAKI, Japan - Lee Won Yong (R), a South Korean Christian missionary resident in Japan, receives a bouquet of flowers from Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue at the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum on April 8 after becoming the 10 millionth visitor to the facility, which opened in April 1996. (Kyodo)

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