U.N. choir's Hiroshima visit detailed for press

U.N. choir's Hiroshima visit detailed for press

Yasuo Harada, chairman of a committee organizing visits to Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Tokyo by a U.N. choral group in August, meets the press in Hiroshima on March 5, 2015, to talk about the choir's tour, which is designed to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the world body's founding and the end of World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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