With U.S. President Barack Obama expected to visit Hiroshima after the Group of Seven (G-7) summit in Mie Prefecture next month, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Japan has informed the United States that it is not seeking an apology for the atomic bombings that took place during the war.
"We're not asking for an apology," Kishida said in a speech in Hokkaido on Saturday.
Senior U.S. officials said Friday that Obama is likely to become the first sitting American president to make a visit to Hiroshima.