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Nagasaki mayor warns nuclear deterrence fuels war risk on anniversary
Nagasaki mayor warns nuclear deterrence fuels war risk on anniversary
Nagasaki on Sunday marked the 81st anniversary of the US atomic bombing. Mayor Shiro Suzuki called nuclear weapons 'absolute evil' and warned that reliance on nuclear deterrence increases the risk of war.…
The Story in Brief
Nagasaki on Sunday marked the 81st anniversary of the US atomic bombing. Mayor Shiro Suzuki called nuclear weapons 'absolute evil' and warned that reliance on nuclear deterrence increases the risk of war. He urged Japan's government to uphold its three non-nuclear principles of not possessing, producing, or allowing nuclear weapons into the country. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who attended the ceremony, remained ambiguous on the third principle and did not mention the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which Tokyo has refused to sign. Survivors have protested her possible easing of the principles. The bombing killed 70,000 by end of 1945. Representatives from over 90 countries attended the ceremony.
The Indian Opinion
The mayor's blunt language, nuclear deterrence as 'absolute evil', cuts through the polite fiction that more bombs make anyone safer. Yet Japan's own government, under Prime Minister Takaichi, clings to the US nuclear umbrella while refusing to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Survivors, now averaging 86 years, see the hypocrisy clearly. The real test: will Takaichi attend the treaty's review conference later this year, or continue the ambiguous dance that keeps nuclear weapons respectable?
Source: thehindu.com
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