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CROWN PRINCESS IN HIROSHIMA

Sweden's Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard, Prince Daniel, Crown Princess Victoria, Hiroshima Mayor Mr Kazumi Matsui and Sweden's Ambassador Viktoria Li visit the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Japan on October 13, 2025. Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and Prince are on an official visit to Japan and South Korea from October 9 to 15.Photo: Jessica Gow/TT/Code 10070

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CROWN PRINCESS IN HIROSHIMA

Prince Daniel, Crown Princess Victoria and Hiroshima Mayor Mr Kazumi Matsui visit the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Japan on October 13, 2025. Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and Prince are on an official visit to Japan and South Korea from October 9 to 15.Photo: Jessica Gow/TT/Code 10070

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CROWN PRINCESS IN HIROSHIMA

Crown Princess Victoria, Prince Daniel, Sweden's Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard and Mayor Mr Kazumi Matsui visit the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Japan on October 13, 2025. Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and Prince are on an official visit to Japan and South Korea from October 9 to 15.Photo: Jessica Gow/TT/Code 10070

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A-bomb exhibition begins in Osaka

Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura (2nd from R) and Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (far R) attend a tape-cutting ceremony on the first day of an exhibition on the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the Osaka International Peace Center in the western Japan city on Aug. 22, 2025. Twenty-six items provided by the Hiroshima and Nagasaki A-bomb museums are on display at the event, which is being held until Dec. 27 to mark the 80th anniversary of the tragedy.

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80th anniversary of U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui reads out a peace declaration during a ceremony at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 2025, marking the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city.

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Japan Crown Prince, Crown Princess in Hiroshima

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (C) and Crown Princess Kiko are briefed by Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui as they offer flowers at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in the western Japan city on July 23, 2025.

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Nobel committee chair in Hiroshima

Jorgen Watne Frydnes (L), chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, meets with Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui during a visit to the western Japan city on July 22, 2025.

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Emperor, empress visit Hiroshima

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (C) and Empress Masako bow after laying flowers at the cenotaph at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on June 19, 2025. Standing next to him is Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui.

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Emperor, empress visit Hiroshima

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (C) and Empress Masako get a briefing from Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui after laying flowers at the cenotaph at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on June 19, 2025.

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Emperor, empress visit Hiroshima

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (C) and Empress Masako get a briefing from Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui after laying flowers at the cenotaph at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on June 19, 2025.

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Emperor, empress visit Hiroshima

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (C) and Empress Masako get a briefing from Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui after laying flowers at the cenotaph at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on June 19, 2025.

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Hiroshima flower festival

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui transfers the "flame of peace" to an 8-meter tower decorated with some 8,000 flower pots at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, during the opening of a three-day flower festival on May 3, 2025.

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NPT preparatory committee in New York

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (front row, C) speaks during the third meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons review conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 30, 2025.

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NPT preparatory committee in New York

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (front, 3rd from R) and his Nagasaki counterpart Shiro Suzuki (2nd from R) attend the third meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons review conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 30, 2025.

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Hiroshima mayor speaks at U.N. school

Kazumi Matsui, mayor of Hiroshima in western Japan, makes a speech on April 28, 2025, at the United Nations International School in New York, where he is attending the third meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons review conference that opened the same day.

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Denmark's King Frederik X in Hiroshima

Denmark's King Frederik X (L), led by Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui, offers a wreath at the cenotaph at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on April 25, 2025.

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Hidankyo representative in Hiroshima

Toshiyuki Mimaki (L), a representative of Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors and winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, receives a flower bouquet from Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui at the city government office in Hiroshima on Dec. 20, 2024, following his return from Norway to attend the award ceremony.

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Hidankyo representative in Hiroshima

Toshiyuki Mimaki (L), a representative of Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors and winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, meets Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui at the city government office in Hiroshima on Dec. 20, 2024, following his return from Norway to attend the award ceremony.

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Japan's nuke-bomb survivors group wins Nobel Peace Prize

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui meets the press in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Oct. 11, 2024, after Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors, Nihon Hidankyo, won the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize.

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10th anniversary of deadly Hiroshima mudslides

HIROSHIMA, Japan, Aug. 20 Kyodo - Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui offers flowers on Aug. 20, 2024, at a monument dedicated to victims of 2014 mudslides in Hiroshima, as the western Japan city marks the 10th anniversary of the disaster that claimed 77 lives. (Kyodo)

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10th anniversary of deadly Hiroshima mudslides

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui offers flowers on Aug. 20, 2024, at a monument dedicated to victims of 2014 mudslides in Hiroshima, as the western Japan city marks the 10th anniversary of the disaster that claimed 77 lives.

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10th anniversary of deadly Hiroshima mudslides

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui speaks on Aug. 20, 2024, in front of a monument dedicated to victims of 2014 mudslides in Hiroshima, as the western Japan city marks the 10th anniversary of the disaster that claimed 77 lives.

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79th anniversary of U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui delivers a speech during a ceremony at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 2024, marking the 79th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city.

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Hiroshima flower festival

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui transfers the "flame of peace" to an 8-meter tower decorated with some 8,000 flower pots at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, during the opening of a three-day flower festival on May 3, 2024.

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ICAN executive director in Hiroshima

Melissa Parke (L), executive director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, known as ICAN, shakes hands with Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui in the western Japan city on Jan. 19, 2024.

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ICAN executive director in Hiroshima

Melissa Parke (L), executive director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, known as ICAN, poses for a photo with Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui in the western Japan city on Jan. 19, 2024.

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Hiroshima mayor in Hawaii

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (L) has a conversation with a park ranger during a visit to Pearl Harbor National Memorial in Honolulu on Dec. 1, 2023. Honolulu is Hiroshima's sister city.

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Hiroshima mayor in Hawaii

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (L) shakes hands with Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi at Honolulu's city office on Dec. 1, 2023. Honolulu is Hiroshima's sister city.

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Mayors of Hiroshima, Nagasaki at U.N.

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (R) and Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki attend a U.N. session of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in New York on Nov. 29, 2023.

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Mayors of Hiroshima, Nagasaki at U.N.

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (R) and Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki attend a U.N. session of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in New York on Nov. 29, 2023.

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Mayors for Peace event in N.Y.

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (front) speaks at an event organized by Mayors for Peace, a nongovernmental organization comprising more than 8,000 cities in 166 countries and regions, at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Nov. 27, 2023, on the sidelines of the second meeting of parties to the U.N. Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

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78th A-bomb anniversary in Hiroshima

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui delivers a speech during a ceremony at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 2023, marking the 78th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city.

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78th A-bomb anniversary in Hiroshima

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui offers a wreath during a ceremony at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 2023, marking the 78th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city.

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78th A-bomb anniversary in Hiroshima

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (front row, far L) observes a moment of silence at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima at 8:15 a.m. on Aug. 6, 2023, the exact time of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city 78 years ago.

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5th anniv. of western Japan rain disaster

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (far R) delivers a speech at a memorial ceremony in the western Japanese city's Asakita Ward office on July 6, 2023, the fifth anniversary of torrential rain that caused flooding and mudslides, claiming the lives of over 300 people in 14 prefectures.

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Sister park arrangement between Japan and U.S.

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (R) and U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel pose at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on June 29, 2023, after signing a sister park affiliation pact between the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and the Pearl Harbor National Museum.

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Sister park arrangement between Japan and U.S.

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (R) and U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel pose at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on June 29, 2023, after signing a sister park affiliation pact between the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and the Pearl Harbor National Museum.

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Spouses of G-7 leaders in Hiroshima

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (4th from L) speaks to the spouses of Group of Seven leaders, accompanied by Hiroshima Gov. Hidehiko Yuzaki (far L), during their visit to the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on May 19, 2023, the first day of a three-day Group of Seven summit in the western Japanese city. (Pool photo)

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Ukrainian President Zelenskyy in Hiroshima

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (2nd from L) speaks to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (C) and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) during their visit to the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on May 21, 2023, the final day of a three-day Group of Seven summit in the western Japan city.

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Ukrainian President Zelenskyy in Hiroshima

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (L) shakes hands with Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui in the western Japan city on May 21, 2023. Zelenskyy was visiting Hiroshima to attend Group of Seven summit sessions. (Pool photo)

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Hiroshima governor, mayor

Hiroshima Gov. Hidehiko Yuzaki (L) and Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui attend a press conference in the western Japan city on May 22, 2023, a day after the Group of Seven leaders wrapped up their three-day meeting.

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Indian Prime Minister Modi in Hiroshima

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (C, L), together with Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (C, R) attends the unveiling ceremony for a statue of Mahatma Gandhi, known as the father of India's independence, installed in the western Japan city of Hiroshima, on May 20, 2023. (Pool photo)

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G-7 summit in Hiroshima

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (5th from L) speaks to leaders of the Group of Seven industrialized economies during their visit to the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on May 19, 2023, on the first day of the three-day G-7 summit in the western Japan city. (Pool photo)

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Hiroshima, Nagasaki mayors meet Japan PM Kishida

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (R), Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue (L) and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pose for photo as they hold talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 14, 2023. The mayors of the two cities that suffered U.S. atomic bombings in 1945 asked Kishida to set up occasions for world leaders attending the upcoming summit of the Group of Seven nations in Hiroshima to visit A-bomb memorial museums in the cities or to talk with the victims on the sidelines of the summit.

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Logo for G-7 summit in Hiroshima

(From R) Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, designer Keiichi Kusano and Hiroshima mayor Kazumi Matsui stand with the logo for a summit of the Group of Seven industrialized nations in Hiroshima in May, at the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 21, 2022. The logo, created by Kusano, was selected for the summit the same day.

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Hiroshima, Nagasaki mayors

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (R) and Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue answer reporters' questions at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2013. They told U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy the same day that they are hoping that President Barack Obama will visit their cities, both of which were hit by U.S. atomic bombs in World War II.

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Hiroshima marks 72nd A-bomb anniversary with eyes on nuke ban treaty

HIROSHIMA, Japan, Aug. 6 Kyodo - Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui reads out the Peace Declaration at a ceremony marking the 72nd anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city in its Peace Memorial Park on Aug. 6, 2017.

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Hiroshima hails Kerry's A-bomb park visit, some call it too brief

HIROSHIMA, April 11 Kyodo - Kazumi Matsui, mayor of Hiroshima, meets the press at the municipal government offices on April 11, 2016, after accompanying U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on his landmark visit to the Peace Memorial Museum commemorating the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city.

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Names of 28 missing people in Hiroshima released

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui attends a press conference on Aug. 25, 2014, as the municipal government released the names of 28 residents feared missing in deadly mudslides. The death toll from the natural disaster has risen to 52 so far.

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Hiroshima marks 69th anniversary of atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui reads the peace declaration during a ceremony at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 2014, marking the 69th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city.