Foreign Ministers of the Group of Seven industrialised Nations -- or G7 -- have met in the Japanese city of Hiroshima to discuss international issues ranging from nuclear non-proliferation to the Middle East crisis.

Foreign Ministers of the Group of Seven industrialised Nations -- or G7 -- have met in the Japanese city of Hiroshima to discuss international issues ranging from nuclear non-proliferation to the Middle East crisis.

The two-day meeting is part of the run-up to the group's rotating annual leaders' gathering, scheduled for next month in Ise, Japan. Top diplomats from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, and the US are expected to discuss global solutions to some of the world's most pressing problems -- including nuclear terrorism.

Around 75 years ago -- at the end of World War Two --Hiroshima became the first city ever hit by an atomic bomb. G7 ministers are scheduled to pay a visit to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on Monday, where locals have launched protests against war and nuclear weapons.

"I'm strongly against holding the G7 meetings, especially as the country passed the "war bill" and is gearing up for war," said a protester named Hideko Fukui.

"They are the leaders of countries that are currently involved in war, and have nuclear weapons. I doubt war would stop or nuclear weapons would go away by asking them," said Naoko Kadota, a protester.