A national memorial hall in Japan for victims of the atomic bomb plans to hold its annual overseas exhibition in Britain this year.



The facility, in the western Japanese city of Nagasaki, has held its annual exhibition in 14 countries so far. Britain will be the third country possessing nuclear weapons to hold the exhibition, following the United States and Russia.



The hall first held the event overseas in 2005, which marked the 60th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.



The hall says the exhibition this year is expected to be held in Scotland sometime in the autumn.



It says Scotland is the home of Thomas Blake Glover, a merchant who was active in Nagasaki in the 19th century and contributed to Japan's modernization.



The hall plans to invite people from Scotland to come to Japan ahead of the event to learn about the atomic bombings from the firsthand accounts of survivors, and then to work as guides at the exhibition.



The memorial hall said it will be meaningful for such an exhibition to be hosted by a nuclear power to mark the 80th anniversary of the bombings. It also said it hopes the event will become an opportunity for citizens of a country possessing nuclear weapons to learn what happens if an atomic bomb is actually used.