--- title: Hiroshima: Read The Full Tex Of President Obama's Speech description: Here is the full text of President Barack Obama's historic speech in Hiroshima, Japan. canonical: https://time.com/4350339/barack-obama-hiroshima-speech-full-text/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-27T11:24:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:59:57.332Z article:section: Politics og:title: Hiroshima: Read The Full Tex Of President Obama's Speech og:description: Here is the full text of President Barack Obama's historic speech in Hiroshima, Japan. og:url: https://time.com/4350339/barack-obama-hiroshima-speech-full-text/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta7f170b15dfedb53/6988954a5f570f2860b211cf/president-barack-obama-asia-trip-hiroshima-may-27-03.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4266 og:image:height: 2400 og:image:alt: Japan Obama Hiroshima og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hiroshima: Read The Full Tex Of President Obama's Speech twitter:description: Here is the full text of President Barack Obama's historic speech in Hiroshima, Japan. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta7f170b15dfedb53/6988954a5f570f2860b211cf/president-barack-obama-asia-trip-hiroshima-may-27-03.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read The Full Text of President Obama's Speech In Hiroshima > Sponsored content. 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Obama on Friday became the first sitting U.S. president to visit the site of the world's first atomic bomb attack. Shuji Kajiyama—AP  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson May 27, 2016 11:24 AM UTC When President Barack Obama [visited Hiroshima on Friday](http://time.com/4350290/obama-hiroshima-memorial-abe/?xid=homepage) alongside Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, he became the first sitting president to do so more than 70 years after a [nuclear bomb was dropped on the city](http://time.com/4350271/japan-hiroshima-obama-personal-account/?xid=homepage). Here is the full text of his speech at the site, as [recorded by the New York _Times_](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/28/world/asia/text-of-president-obamas-speech-in-hiroshima-japan.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur): --- > “” --- ### See President Obama Tour Asia in Historic Trip  U.S. President Barack Obama lays wreaths at the cenotaph at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, Friday, May 27, 2016. Shuji Kajiyama—AP  U.S. President Barack Obama embraces atomic bomb survivor Shigeaki Mori during his visit to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on May 27, 2016 in Hiroshima, Japan. Atsushi Tomura—Getty Images  U.S. President Barack Obama stands after laying a wreath at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western, Japan, Friday, May 27, 2016\. Obama on Friday became the first sitting U.S. president to visit the site of the world's first atomic bomb attack. Shuji Kajiyama—AP  People gather to watch the arrival of President Barack Obama around Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, on May 27, 2016. Kiyoshi Ota—EPA  U.S. Presdent Barack Obama puts his hand on the back of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, viewing the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, western Japan, May 27, 2016. Kimimasa Mayama— Press Pool/EPA  U.S. President Barack Obama walks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the Ujibashi bridge as they visit at the Ise-Jingu Shrine on May 26, 2016 in Ise, Japan. Chung Sung-Jun—Getty Images  With the Atomic Bomb Dome as a backdrop, passers-by move past riot police near Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima, southwestern Japan, Thursday, May 26, 2016. Shuji Kajiyama—AP  European Council President Donald Tusk, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, U.S. President Barack Obama, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, French President Francois Hollande, British Prime Minister David Cameron, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker pose for photographs at the family photo session during the Group of Seven summit on May 26, 2016 in Shima, Mie, Japan. The Asahi Shimbun/Getty Images  Women and children line the streets to catch a glimpse of President Barack Obama on his way to the airport at the end of two-day visit to Ho Chi Minh City on May 25, 2016. Christophe Archambaul—AFP/Getty Images  U.S. President Barack Obama embraces Tu Ngo, a member of the YSEALI Network, after she introduces him during the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) town hall at the GEM Center in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, May 25, 2016. Carolyn Kaster—AP  U.S. President Barack Obama bows as he visits the Jade Emperor Pagoda with Thich Minh Thong, abbot of the Jade Emperor Pagoda, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Tuesday, May 24, 2016. Carolyn Kaster—AP  Vietnamese people wait for President Barack Obama outside the Jade Pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, May 24, 2016. Diego Azubel—EPA  U.S. President Barack Obama greets people as he walks to his motorcade vehicle after meeting American Chef Anthony Bourdain in a shopping area in Hanoi, Vietnam, Tuesday, May 24, 2016. Carolyn Kaster—AP  A woman shields her baby from the rain as President Barack Obama visits American Chef Anthony Bourdain nearby in Hanoi, Vietnam, Tuesday, May 24, 2016. Carolyn Kaster—AP  People looking out along a narrow street in a shopping district are seen from a passing media press van President Barack Obama's motorcade en route to visit American Chef Anthony Bourdain in Hanoi, Vietnam, Tuesday, May 24, 2016. Carolyn Kaster—AP  President Barack Obama disembarks Air Force One after landing at Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, May 24, 2016. Le Quang Nhat—EPA  U.S. President Barack Obama and Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang review an honor guard at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam on May 23, 2016. Minh Hoang—EPA  President Barack Obama and President Tran Dai Quang take part in a joint press conference in Hanoi on May 23. Jim Watson—AFP/Getty Images  President Barack Obama walks with Vietnam's National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan during his visit to the Presidential Palace in Hanoi on May 23. Jim Watson—AFP/Getty Images  President Barack Obama and Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong speak in Hanoi, Vietnam, on May 23. Kham—Press Pool/EPA  President Barack Obama waves to local people as he enters a restaurant which serves bun cha, traditional Vietnamese dish of noodle and grilled pork, in Hanoi, Vietnam on May 23. Hoang Manh Thang—EPA  A young girl looks out under a poster of U.S President Barack Obama with a footnote reading "Welcome to our city", hung on the door of a shop in Hanoi, Vietnam on Sunday, May 22, 2016. Hau Dinh—AP  Residents gather at the street to wait for the motorcade transporting U.S. President Barack Obama in Hanoi, Vietnam on May 23. 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