Japan is considering Hiroshima, one of the two cities hit by atomic bombs at the end of World War II, as the most viable location to host a summit of the Group of Seven nations next year under its presidency, government sources have said.
The choice of Hiroshima is seen as a fitting way to stress the importance of peace after Russia's aggression in Ukraine and its threat of using nuclear weapons, the sources said Friday.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has been pushing for nuclear disarmament as a politician elected from a constituency in the western Japanese city, which was devastated by a U.S.-dropped atomic bomb on Aug. 6, 1945, killing an estimated 140,000 by the end of that year.