U.S. official to attend Nagasaki ceremony for 1st time

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Charge d'Affaires James Zumwalt at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo. On Aug. 7, 2011, the embassy said the United States will send Zumwalt as the country's first representative to Nagasaki's annual peace memorial ceremony marking the U.S. atomic bombing in 1945.

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