7国集团领导人在日本召开峰会

The heads of state of the world's seven wealthiest nations plus the leaders of the European Union began their annual summit on Thursday in the coastal Japanese city of Ise Shima.

Prime Minster Shinzo Abe greeted U.S. President Barack Obama and the leaders of Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Canada at the Ise Grand Shrine. Each leader walked across a long bridge to the shrine, accompanied by a white-robed priest, before assembling for a traditional group photograph.

The agenda for the two-day G7 summit is dedicated to boosting the sluggish global economy, combating terrorism and maritime security, the last point an obvious nod to China's increasing territorial expansion in the resource-rich South China Sea.

After the summit's conclusion on Friday, Obama will travel to Hiroshima, where tens of thousands of Japanese were killed when a U.S. warplane dropped the world's first atomic bomb in 1945, hastening the end of World War Two.7国集团和欧盟领导人星期四在日本海滨城市伊势志摩召开年度峰会。

日本首相安倍晋三在伊势神宫迎接美国总统奥巴马以及英国、法国、德国、意大利和加拿大领导人。每位领导人都在一位身穿白袍的神职人员的陪同下，走过一条通往神宫的长桥，按传统礼仪参加合影。

这次为期两天的7国集团峰会将主要讨论如何振兴疲软的全球经济、打击恐怖主义以及海事安全等问题，最后一个问题显然是针对中国在资源丰富的南中国海不断强化的领土扩张态势。

星期五峰会结束后，奥巴马将前往广岛访问。1945年，美国战机在广岛投放了世界上第一颗原子弹，造成大量伤亡，也催化了二战的结束。