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FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2009 file photo, Buddhist monks recite the name of Buddha

FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2009 file photo, Buddhist monks recite the name of Buddha while beating drums as they offer prayers in front of the landmark Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, western Japan, one the eve of the 64th anniversary of the world's first atomic bomb attack. Hopes are growing in Japan that Barack Obama will become the first sitting U.S. president to visit Hiroshima or Nagasaki, the only two cities ever devastated by atomic bombs. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)