Over 80 percent say Obama should visit Hiroshima, according to survey conducted by Chugoku Shimbun
Aug. 20, 2015
In connection with the 7oth year of the atomic bombing, the Chugoku Shimbun conducted a survey of 100 people who visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on August 6. An overwhelming majority of 84 respondents expressed the desire that U.S. President Barack Obama come to Hiroshima. They stressed the significance of the leader of the nuclear superpower, whose nation dropped the atomic bomb, touching the stark consequences of the atomic bombing.
The survey involved people who were visiting the park on August 6. Staff from the Chugoku Shimbun interviewed 50 men and 50 women, ranging in age from their teens to their 90s, who reside in and out of Hiroshima Prefecture.
In the spring of 2009, President Obama declared his desire for “a world without nuclear weapons” in a speech he made in Prague, the Czech Republic. But with no concrete progress seen toward that goal, the president’s tenure in office will end in January 2017. Among those who said that the president “should visit Hiroshima,” a 26-year-old man from Kyoto Prefecture said, “I hope a visit would change his stance toward the abolition of nuclear weapons,” and a 22-year-old woman from Okayama Prefecture said, “I hope he will pursue peace after acknowledging that the atomic bombing was an act of aggression by the United States.”
The survey included five questions. The Chugoku Shimbun also asked about effective measures to convey the reality of the atomic bombing to others and the possibility of abolishing nuclear weapons in the near future.
(Originally published on August 7, 2015)
The survey involved people who were visiting the park on August 6. Staff from the Chugoku Shimbun interviewed 50 men and 50 women, ranging in age from their teens to their 90s, who reside in and out of Hiroshima Prefecture.
In the spring of 2009, President Obama declared his desire for “a world without nuclear weapons” in a speech he made in Prague, the Czech Republic. But with no concrete progress seen toward that goal, the president’s tenure in office will end in January 2017. Among those who said that the president “should visit Hiroshima,” a 26-year-old man from Kyoto Prefecture said, “I hope a visit would change his stance toward the abolition of nuclear weapons,” and a 22-year-old woman from Okayama Prefecture said, “I hope he will pursue peace after acknowledging that the atomic bombing was an act of aggression by the United States.”
The survey included five questions. The Chugoku Shimbun also asked about effective measures to convey the reality of the atomic bombing to others and the possibility of abolishing nuclear weapons in the near future.
(Originally published on August 7, 2015)
