Japanese Nationalists Are Demanding That U.S. National Parks Commemorating The Development Of The First Atomic Weapons Put Displays Saying That Their Use Against Japan Were War Crimes

SCMP: US remembers top-secret ‘Manhattan Project’ at special parks. Japanese nationalists say they glorify war crimes

Japanese nationalists take exception to US historical park that commemorates the project that developed the atomic bomb.

Japanese nationalists are demanding that displays at national parks in the United States commemorating the development of the first atomic weapons state that the subsequent attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were war crimes.

A number of facilities that make up the Manhattan Project National Historical Park are already open to the public, including museums and tours of locations in the Tennessee town of Oak Ridge, Los Alamos in New Mexico and Hanford in Washington state.

The facilities are being expanded and “interpretative themes” are being developed, said Kris Kirby, superintendent of the park.

“We will be discussing and developing exhibits based on these interpretative themes as we move forward, but we have not yet started those discussions so I cannot speak to the details,” she said.

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