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Hiroshima Unhappy That Atomic Bomb Memorial Park Used as Pokestop

The memorial is a solemn one and the city has asked the app developers to delete the Pokestops before 6 August.

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Pokemon Go players are descending on an atomic bomb memorial park in Hiroshima, and officials of the western Japanese city are displeased.

They have asked game developer Niantic Inc. to remove the “Pokestops” and other virtual sites that show up in the park for those playing the augmented reality game. The city wants them deleted by 6 August, the anniversary of the 1945 bombing and the date of an annual ceremony to remember the victims.
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