Doves fly over Peace Memorial Park with Atomic Bomb Dome in the background, at a ceremony in Hiroshima, western Japan, August 6, 2015. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo
TOKYO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Japan and the United States are presenting U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Hiroshima as an affirmation of a strong alliance and a step towards world denuclearisation, but critics see selective amnesia and paradoxes on nuclear policy.
Aides have said Obama will not apologise when he becomes the first sitting U.S. president to tour the site of the world's first atomic bombing next Friday, accompanied by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
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