HIROSHIMA -- At Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, photographs of the Aug. 6, 1945, atomic bombing and display cases of personal items found near ground zero are instantly understandable to people from around the world regardless of language and nationality, and send a clear message about the horrors of nuclear weapons.
But when it comes to explaining the historical events that led to the use of the bomb, the museum speaks to two different audiences, Japan and the rest of the world.
And as a glance at the Japanese and English explanations on the displays shows, the two audiences are sometimes given different impressions of Japan's role in the war.