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Hiroshima Mayor Urges Japan to Embrace Nuclear Disarmament

8/27/2025

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Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui warned against military build-ups and nuclear weapon use during the 80th anniversary of the bombings.
He urged Japan to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which Japan has declined due to reliance on US deterrence.
Japan supports a nuclear-free world and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Legal barriers, including its Constitution and the 1955 Atomic Energy Basic Act, hinder Japan's pursuit of nuclear weapons.

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Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui warned against military build-ups and nuclear weapon use during the 80th anniversary of the bombings.
He urged Japan to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which Japan has declined due to reliance on US deterrence.
Japan supports a nuclear-free world and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Legal barriers, including its Constitution and the 1955 Atomic Energy Basic Act, hinder Japan's pursuit of nuclear weapons.