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Japan Prime Minister on UN Nuclear Ban

18 January 2025
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2025-01-18 16:36

The mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki expressed their willingness for the Japanese government to attend an upcoming meeting about the United Nations Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons as an observer. The two mayors handed a request to Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru on Friday in Tokyo.

The mayors of the two atomic-bombed cities urged the Japanese government to step up diplomatic efforts for realizing peace through dialogue, rather than increasingly relying on the United States for nuclear deterrence and defense. Ishiba said that he and the mayors shared the same goal of realizing a world without nuclear weapons. But he also said it is a difficult issue that needs varied discussions to address the gap between ideals and reality.

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