official to attend the memorial. >> ambassador john roos will represent the united states at the august 6 hiroshima peace memorial to express respect for all of the victims of world war ii. >> assistant secretary of state philip crowley said the u.s. government thought the ambassador's attendance was the right thing to do. hiroshima has been inviting all countries with nuclear weapons to attend the ceremony since 1998. but the united states had not accepted the invitation. in an interview with nhk last november president barack obama said he wants to visit hiroshima and nagasaki during his presidency. but observers say many people in the u.s. oppose the idea of the president visiting the atomic bombed cities. the u.s. ambassador's attendance is seen as an effort by the obama administration to show its commitment to nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation. >>> a russian nuclear submarine scrapped after an accident 25 years ago has been moved to a shipyard near the far eastern port city of vladivostok for dismantling. russia's nuclear agency, rosatom on wednesday transported the submari

ambassador to japan john roos is likely to attend a ceremony for the victims of the 1945 atomic bombing of hiroshima. roos would be the first official from the country that dropped the bomb to attend the annual event. u.s. sources told nhk that final arrangements are under way for roos to visit as a representative of the u.s. government to the ceremony on august 6th, the 65th anniversary of the bombing. the ambassador reportedly wishes to attend. roos visited the peace memorial park in october last year, where the ceremony will take place. hiroshima city has been inviting all countries with nuclear weapons to the ceremony since 1998. two other nuclear weapon states, britain and france, have accepted the invitation for the first time this year and plan to send embassy officials. u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon will also attend the ceremony and will be the first u.n. chief to do so. hiroshima was not on u.s. president barack obama's itinerary when he visited japan last november, but having pledged to create a world without nuclear weapons, obama expressed hope to visit hiroshima when h