WASHINGTON: The White House on Monday said it is still weighing a possible first presidential visit to Hiroshima, one of two Japanese cities bombed by a US nuclear weapon.

"We're obviously hard at work planning that trip," White House press secretary Josh Earnest said of a potential visit that could prove controversial.

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