Pope Francis leaves Thailand for Japan, where he is expected to deliver a robust anti-nuclear message of peace in the only country to have suffered an atomic bomb attack u.afp.com/Jj7d 
The atomic bombing of Hiroshima in Japan on August 6, 1945
The atomic bombing of Nagasaki in Japan on August 9, 1945
#UPDATE Pope Francis arrived in Japan on Saturday, where he is expected to deliver a robust anti-nuclear message of peace in the only country to have suffered an atomic bomb attack u.afp.com/Jj8g #PopeinJapan
#UPDATE Pope Francis on Saturday issued a call for nuclear disarmament as he arrived on a long-awaited trip to Japan, which will take in visits to the cities of #Hiroshima and #Nagasaki, targets of the "catastrophic" atomic bomb u.afp.com/Jj8g #PopeinJapan
Pope Francis will visit Nagasaki and Hiroshima to preach against the dangers of nuclear weapons against the backdrop of two cities uniquely associated with the devastation of the atomic bomb u.afp.com/Jj2p
Kenji Hayashida thought about committing suicide in the years after an atomic bomb was dropped on his hometown of Nagasaki.
On Sunday he will hear Pope Francis call there for a world without nuclear weapons,a message the 81-year-old supports passionately u.afp.com/Jj2R
On Sunday he will hear Pope Francis call there for a world without nuclear weapons,a message the 81-year-old supports passionately u.afp.com/Jj2R
