atotomic bombmbings in japan but he will pay his respects to all victims of world war ii. >>> preparations for the visit coincide with an annual custom in the city at this time of year when officials carefully take out a collection of books, a registry containing the names of atomic bomb victims. the books are aired to protect them from dampness in the coming rainy season. >>> on wednesday officials offered a silent prayer in front of the peace memorial park centoaph at 8:15 a.m. the time the bomb was dropped on august 6th, 1945, and and then they reremoved from the stone chambe the 110 books making up the register and checked them one by one for any damage. 108 of the books contain the names of 297,684 people. they include the names of the bomb survivors or hibakukusha, o died by augustt 5th last year. another book contains the names of nine people who were exposed to the nagasaki atomic bombing but whose relatives asked for their names to be kept in the hiroshima centoaph. the remaining book contains the names of the unknown victims. >> translator: i think the register of the atomic bomb