Hiroshima mayor at press conference

Hiroshima mayor at press conference

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui announces during a press conference at the municipal office on July 12, 2016, that he received a letter from the International Olympic Committee, which noted a commemorative space for atomic bombing victims will be set up at the athletes' village of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Matsui asked the IOC to call for the participants in the opening ceremony, to be held around the same hours with the Aug. 6 Hiroshima peace memorial, to fall silent in honor of the victims. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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