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Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba speaks May 5, 2009 during a meeting, 'Toward a Decision Decade For Nuclear Disarmament' organized by the Mayors for Peace, at UN headquarters in New York.

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Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba speaks May 5, 2009 during a meeting, 'Toward a Decision Decade For Nuclear Disarmament' organized by the Mayors for Peace, at UN headquarters in New York.

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Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba (2nd L) speaks May 5, 2009 during a meeting, 'Toward a Decision Decade For Nuclear Disarmament' organized by the Mayors for Peace, at UN headquarters in New York.

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Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba talks with Sergio Duarte (L), United Nations High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, May 5, 2009 just before a meeting, 'Toward a Decision Decade For Nuclear Disarmament' organized by the Mayors for Peace, at UN headquarters in New York.

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Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba takes his seat May 5, 2009 just before a meeting, "Toward a Decision Decade For Nuclear Disarmament" organized by the Mayors for Peace, at UN headquarters in New York.

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Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba talks with Thomas Stelzer (L), United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs, May 5, 2009 just before a meeting, 'Toward a Decision Decade For Nuclear Disarmament' organized by the Mayors for Peace, at UN hea...

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Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba (2nd R) walks to a restaurant with Steve Leeper (R) of the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation May 4, 2009 after Akiba arrived in New York at the start of a five-day US visit.

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Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba May 4, 2009 smiles after he arrives in New York at the start of a five-day US visit. Akiba will be attending a meeting, 'Toward a Decision Decade For Nuclear Disarmament', May 5 at the United Nations organized by the Mayors for Peace.

Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba (R) and Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue attend a news conference regarding a joint bid to host the 2020 Olympic Games in Hiroshima, about 680 km southwest of Tokyo, October 11, 2009.

Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba attends a news conference regarding a joint bid to host the 2020 Olympic Games in Hiroshima, about 680 km southwest of Tokyo, October 11, 2009.

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Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba (R) shares a smile with Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue (L) at a press conference at Hiroshima city hall on October 11, 2009.

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Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba (R) speaks to journalists beside Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue at a press conference at Hiroshima city hall on October 11, 2009.

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FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2009 file photo, U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos, center, and Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba, left, pray for the victims of the atomic bombing at the Memorial Cenotaph for A-Bomb Victims at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan.

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FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2009 file photo, U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos, center, and Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba, left, pray for the victims of the atomic bombing at the Memorial Cenotaph for A-Bomb Victims at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan.

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Mayor Tomihisa Taue (R) of Nagasaki speaks as Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba listens on May 5, 2009 during a meeting of the third session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2010 Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty at United Nations headquarters in New York.