A-bomb survivor to attend Hiroshima event for Obama visit

A-bomb survivor to attend Hiroshima event for Obama visit

Sunao Tsuboi, a senior official of the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations known as Hidankyo, meets with reporters on May 27, 2016, at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima. Tsuboi is scheduled to attend an event there, during which U.S. President Barack Obama will lay flowers as the first sitting president to visit the atomic-bombed city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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