Today, I had the solemn honor of once again offering a floral tribute to commemorate the victims of the 1945 American atomic bombing of Hiroshima and to pray for the eternal peace of their souls.
Every visit to Hiroshima, and particularly to its Peace Memorial Museum, evokes a profound and overwhelming emotion. It is as though the collective pain and suffering of humanity has been gathered into a single space, compelling every visitor to feel it with their entire being and recommit to the vow: "Never again."
Yet, it is deeply heartbreaking that humanity is still haunted by devastating tragedies in various forms across the world, committed by the very same perpetrators and their cohorts.
Amb.