
Veteran who saw flattened Hiroshima dies aged 102
He was among the first British personnel to see the Japanese city following its bombing by the US.
BBC News
Hiroshima is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. As of June 1, 2019, the city had an estimated population of 1,199,391. The gross domestic product (GDP) in Greater Hiroshima, Hiroshima Urban Employment Area, was US$61.3 billion as of 2010. Kazumi Matsui has been the city's mayor since April 2011. The Hiroshima metropolitan area is the second largest urban area in the Chugoku Region of Japan, following the Okayama metropolitan area.
He was among the first British personnel to see the Japanese city following its bombing by the US.