HIROSHIMA, Japan — Emperor Akihito's tour of Hiroshima to mourn atomic bomb victims on Thursday was disrupted by a rare protest as activists demanded he apologize for the war Japan waged in his father's name.
"Take responsibility for the war!" said a poster carried by a middle-aged man among about 70 people who shouted slogans.
The protesters staged a brief sit-in at Hiroshima's Peace Memorial Park, which Akihito and Empress Michiko visited on the second day of a trip to mourn Japanese war dead and mark the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II.
