The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in Japan attracted a record 945,000 foreign visitors in fiscal 2025, accounting for nearly 40% of the museum's total attendance. This surge in international tourism highlights growing global attention on Hiroshima, one of the few cities to have experienced an atomic bombing, amid ongoing conflicts involving nuclear powers.

Sites such as the Peace Memorial Park and World Heritage shrines in Hiroshima have seen substantial increases in foreign visitors in recent years. The trend underscores a heightened interest in peace tourism as geopolitical tensions escalate.

(Photo credit: Yo Inoue)

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