they say chubu international airport is one of the places where they will beef up security. hiroshima is another area where security is being increased. after the summit president obama will visit the city that his country devastated with an atomic bomb. he will become the first sitting u.s. president to do so. the officials will also increase security in tokyo and other major cities. officers have been on alert after deadly terrorist attacks in france and belgium. u.s. government officials have looked over the route that obama will take during his visit to hiroshima next week. they walked around hiroshima peace memorial park and the too many -- atomic bomb dome and stopped by the peace museum and the park's cenotaph. it's the same walk john kerry took last month. the officials also inspected the city's international conference center. white house officials are playing up the support for obama's visit. >> there is a large portion of even world war ii veterans who may have risked their lives fighting japanese soldiers in world war ii, who understand the potential that exists

they say chubu international airport is one of the places where they'll beef up security. hiroshima is another area where security is being increased. after the summit, u.s. president barack obama will visit the city that his country devastated with an atomic bomb. he will become the first sitting u.s. president to do so. security will also be stepped up in tokyo and other major cities. officers have been on the alert after deadly terrorist attacks in france and belgium. the white house is playing up the support for obama's visit to hiroshima. >> there's a large portion of even world war ii veterans who may have risked their lives fighting japanese soldiers in world war ii, who understand the potential that exists and understand the argument that the president has made. josh earnest said the overwhelming response to the trip has been positive. separately, another senior u.s. official said the visit is meant to honor everyone lost in the bombing, including japanese, koreans, other asians and american p.o.w.s. he also said obama will pay a visit to u.s. troops based in weste