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US ​President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the White House on February 7, 2025.
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Enemies to allies: The US and Japan 80 years after Hiroshima

Eighty years ago this week, the US dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing more than 200,000 people, mostly civilians. It was the first and, so far, only use of nuclear weapons in war.