Hiroshima looks to host G-7 summit as nuclear tensions rise

Russian threat adds impetus to nonproliferation push at 2023 gathering

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Visitors pay their respects at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. The city is one of two to have experienced an atomic bombing. (Photo by Hiromasa Matsuura)

YUSUKE TAKEUCHI, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Japan will consider holding next year's Group of Seven industrial nations summit in the city of Hiroshima as Russia's invasion of Ukraine brings the world's nuclear threats into sharp relief.

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