広島でG7サミット開催

原爆都市広島で、G7が開催され、首脳らがはじめて原爆資料館を訪問しました。

Amid tight security, Group of Seven leaders made an unprecedented visit to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in the atomic-bombed city of Hiroshima.

広島原爆投下の被害について

An estimated 60,000 to 80,000 people died instantly, but by the end of the year, the death toll had risen to 140,000 as more succumbed to burns and illnesses caused by exposure to radiation.

広島開催は岸田首相の発案です。献花を行った記念公園の少し先には原爆ドームが見えています。

The visit, the brainchild of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, saw the heads of the G7 nations and the European Union lay wreaths at the cenotaph for victims of the atomic bomb.

The burned-out shell of the A-bomb Dome, one of the few buildings to have survived the attack, could be seen in the distance.

※brainchild 独創的な考え、発明物、発案物

※cenotaph 記念碑　語源:empty tomb（空のお墓）

※burned-out焼き尽くされた

※shell　骨組み、外郭

原爆資料館には、原爆と余波のむごたらしさを思い起こさせる痛ましい展示があります。

The Peace Memorial Museum holds about 100,000 relics, including burned and tattered clothing and charred lunch boxes. Leaders viewed some of the museum’s harrowing exhibits, graphic reminders of the attack and its gruesome aftermath.

※relic 遺品、遺物、形見

※harrowing 痛ましい、悲惨な、つらい

※graphic reminder of～　～をまざまざと思い出させるもの

※gruesome陰惨な、身の毛がよだつ

※aftermath〔災害や不運などの〕余波、後遺症、影響

核兵器のない世界＝a world without nuclear weaponsを願う記帳の後、世界遺産、厳島神社のある宮島へフェリーで移動。そんな中リモート参加と思われていたゼレンスキーが直接訪問し話題をさらいました。

The G7 leaders traveled to Miyajima Island to visit Itsukushima Shrine, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

見出し Volodymyr Zelensky made a scene-stealing arrival at the G7 summit

※steal the scene 〈脇役・予想外の人が〉人気をさらう

For the previous 24 hours, a "will he or won't he" drama over Mr Zelensky's trip to Japan dominated the news cycle. News of his possible visit broke on Friday and stole the limelight, just as leaders visited a peace memorial park in Hiroshima.

※steal the limelight人気をさらう、注目をさらう

G7リーダーらと直接一対一会談したゼレンスキー

He traveled in person to Japan and held one-on-one meetings with various world leaders.

※in person　本人が直接に

1990年には世界のGDPの半分強を占めていましたG7も今や30％弱。

「グローバル・サウス」と呼ばれる国々（アジア、アフリカ、中南米の開発途上国）を招待してG7側に引き寄せようとの思惑がうかがえます。

見出し G7 turns to 'Global South' to counterbalance Russia and China

※counterbalance釣り合わせる、平衡させる、効力を消す、相殺する

The economic might of the G7 is waning - in 1990, the group accounted for just over half of the world's GDP, according to the International Monetary Fund. Now it's just under 30%. It needs influential new friends.　

And his guest list for Hiroshima reflects these attempts to woo what many call the "Global South" - a term used for developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America, all of whom have complex political and economic ties to both Russia and China.