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Hiroshima

City in Japan
Hiroshima, a modern city on Japan’s Honshu Island, was largely destroyed by an atomic bomb during World War II. Today, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park commemorates the 1945 event. In the park are the ruins of Genbaku Dome, one of the few buildings...
Population: 1.194 million (2015)
Date: August 6, 1945
Founded by: Mōri Terumoto