OSAKA: Hiroshima’s mayor indicated Thursday he is not seeking an apology for the atomic bombing of the city if US President Barack Obama decides to visit sometime around the Group of Seven summit in Mie Prefecture next month.

“We naturally have feelings to pursue responsibility (for the bombing). But it was 70 years ago, and the next generation has to overcome (the past),” Mayor Kazumi Matsui said on Thursday.

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