Newer exhibits in Hiroshima have reminded visitors that the city was no random target, but a buzzing manufacturing hub of the Japanese war machine. “For them, Obama’s visit will be a chance to reiterate that they were right.”Advertisement Continue reading the main storyMr. Samuels said it would be harder to predict the reaction in the United States. Many Japanese say the same of the United States. The vividness of Hiroshima has been melded with anodyne accounts of what preceded it, reinforcing the sense among Americans that, unlike Germany, Japan has never fully grappled with its past. Between now and May 27 — when Mr. Obama is to visit the site — the big question will be how views have evolved in both countries since 1995.

Source: New York Times May 10, 2016 19:37 UTC