"Japan to participate in the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons" A-bomb survivors signing activities

“Japan to participate in the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons” A-bomb survivors signing activities October 29, 15:25

Regarding the "Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty," which will come into effect in January next year, A-bomb survivors and peace movement groups will carry out signing activities asking the Japanese government to participate in the treaty.

The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which prohibits the development, possession, and use of nuclear weapons, has been ratified by 50 countries and regions, and it has been decided that it will come into effect in January next year, but Japan and the United States, which possesses nuclear weapons, have ratified it. I have not.

In response, atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasaki and NGOs engaged in peace activities announced that they would hold a rally in Tokyo on the 29th and carry out signing activities asking the Japanese government to participate in the treaty.

Japan Confederation of Atomic Bomb Victims = Japan Confederation of Atomic Bomb Victims Representative Terumi Tanaka said, "Japan should take the lead in the abolition of nuclear weapons as the only country exposed to the war, and let's expand the movement to change the government's nuclear policy. I called.

In addition, actor Akira Takarada sent a video message saying, "Japan, where the atomic bomb was dropped for the first time in the world, should ratify the treaty without hesitation."

Musician Ryuichi Sakamoto and writer Jakucho Setouchi are among the callers for signature activities.

Signature activities will be carried out nationwide, and efforts will be made to collect signatures online.

A third-year college male student who attended the rally said, "I want the Japanese government to ratify the treaty that bans nuclear weapons internationally."