Obama to Become First Sitting American President to Visit Hiroshima Since US Dropped Atomic Bomb There

In an historic move, President Barack Obama will become the first sitting American president to visit Hiroshima since the U.S dropped an atomic bomb there.

The White House says the president will make the visit later this month with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Obama is expected to call for peace and a move away from nuclear weapons, while honoring victims of the bombing that killed 140,000 Japanese on August 6, 1945.

It is part of a week-long trip in Asia.

Last month, Secretary of State John Kerry visited the memorial to the Hiroshima bombing. He became the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit the city since World War II.

The White House says Obama won't apologize for the bombing.