Bangladesh’s opposition leader and Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr. Shafiqur Rahman visited the Peace Park and Peace Museum in Hiroshima, Japan, on Wednesday as part of his ongoing Japan tour. He was accompanied by Saiful Alam Khan Milon MP, a member of Jamaat’s central executive council, and Barrister Mir Ahmad Bin Kasem Arman MP, his foreign affairs adviser. Bangladeshi teachers from Hiroshima University and PhD researchers from Bangladesh also joined the visit.

The Hiroshima Peace Park and Museum commemorate the atomic bombing of the city on August 6, 1945, when the bomb named “Little Boy” was dropped. Three days later, another bomb, “Fat Man,” was detonated over Nagasaki. By December 1945, about 140,000 people in Hiroshima and 74,000 in Nagasaki had died, with an additional 214,000 later succumbing to radiation-related illnesses.

Even in 2026, Hiroshima remains a solemn reminder of that tragedy, with the ruins of the bombed building still standing as a historical witness.