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Japan PM, US envoy pray in Hiroshima amid Russia nuke fears

New U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel, third from right, with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, second from left, visits Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan, Saturday, March 26, 2022. Kishida escorted U.S. Ambassador Emanuel in his hometown Hiroshima to pay tribute to the 140,000 victims killed by the Aug. 6, 1945 atomic bombing dropped by the United States amid Russia's nuclear threat in its war against Ukraine.(Kyodo News via AP)

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel, center left, with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, far right, lays a wreath at the cenotaph for the atomic bombing victims at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan, Saturday, March 26, 2022. (Keiji Uesho/Kyodo News via AP)

Japan PM, US envoy pray in Hiroshima amid Russia nuke fears