The number of visitors to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum documenting the devastation caused by the U.S. atomic bombing of the city in 1945 surpassed 80 million on Sunday, reaching the milestone 70 years after its opening in 1955.At a ceremony to mark the achievement, Yoshifumi Ishida, director of the museum, said, "I hope people from both Japan and abroad, as well as those who will lead the next generation, will continue to visit" and recognize that nuclear weapons are an "absolute evil."The 80 millionth visitor was Rinon Shimura, a 23-year-old cafe employee from Tokyo. She said she he…READ FULL ARTICLE
