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Japan Prince Hisahito visits Hiroshima

Japanese Prince Hisahito, Emperor Naruhito's nephew, accompanied by Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui, lays flowers at the cenotaph at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Aug. 7, 2026, a day after the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city.

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Japan Prince Hisahito visits Hiroshima

Japanese Prince Hisahito (L), Emperor Naruhito's nephew, gets a briefing from Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui after laying flowers at the cenotaph in the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Aug. 7, 2026, a day after the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city.

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Japan Prince Hisahito visits Hiroshima

Japanese Prince Hisahito (L), Emperor Naruhito's nephew, gets a briefing from Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui after laying flowers at the cenotaph in the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Aug. 7, 2026, a day after the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city.

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81st anniversary of U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (R) dedicates a list of names of atomic bomb victims at the cenotaph at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on Aug. 6, 2026, the 81st anniversary of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city.

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81st anniversary of U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui reads out the Peace Declaration during a ceremony at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 2026, the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city.

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NPT review conference

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui makes a speech during a session for nongovernmental organizations at the 2026 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons at the U.N. headquarters in New York on May 1, 2026.

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Hiroshima, Nagasaki mayors in New York

U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres (C) meets with Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (R) and Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki at the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 28, 2026, on the occasion of the 2026 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

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NPT review conference

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (L) and Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki meet the press in Tokyo on April 8, 2026, after visiting the U.S. Embassy where they submitted letters addressed to President Donald Trump ahead of the 2026 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons review conference, starting in New York in late April.

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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

Sweden's Ambassador Viktoria Li, Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard, Prince Daniel, Crown Princess Victoria and Hiroshima Mayor Mr Kazumi Matsuivisit 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.