1st non-Japanese head of Hiroshima peace center

1st non-Japanese head of Hiroshima peace center

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Steven Leeper, the first non-Japanese to have led the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation, reflects on his six-year tenure in the position on April 2, 2013, in front of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima. Leeper stepped down as chairman of the center, which operates the museum, at the end of March.

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