Lee, a Democrat in the House of Representatives from California, had talks with Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba and laid flowers at a cenotaph for atomic bomb victims at Hiroshima Peace Park.

In the talks with Akiba, Lee said she will tell Americans what she learned in Hiroshima and urge Washington officials to visit the city.

She met people representing groups of atomic bombing victims later in the afternoon.

Lee's first visit to Japan was organized by a group of citizens, academics and opposition lawmakers.

She traded opinions with Japanese lawmakers Friday, the first day of her stay, and attended a peace conference in Tokyo that attracted more than 2,000 participants.

Lee was elected to the House in 1998. Prior to that, she had served three consecutive terms in the California State assembly from 1990 through 1996 and one term in the state senate from 1996 through 1998.