TOKYO: An association of Japanese atomic bomb survivors has criticized US President Barack Obama's speech last month during a historic visit to Hiroshima, saying he failed to mention US responsibility for the bombing.

Obama, as the first sitting US President to visit Hiroshima, paid moving tribute to victims in the western city, where the first ever atomic bomb was dropped on Aug. 6, 1945.

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