Mayor Matsui of Hiroshima City and Mayor Tagami of Nagasaki City meet with Foreign Minister Hayashi, saying that now that tensions over the situation in Ukraine are rising, the United States should create an opportunity to appeal the misery of nuclear weapons to the world in both Japan and the United States. I urged President Biden to visit the bombed area.
The government plans to hold a so-called quad summit in Tokyo in the first half of this year, including the visit of President Biden of the United States to Japan.
Mayor Matsui of Hiroshima City and Mayor Tagami of Nagasaki City visited the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the 22nd to meet with Foreign Minister Hayashi.
And now that tensions over the situation in Ukraine are rising, we should create an opportunity to appeal the misery of nuclear weapons to the world in both Japan and the United States, and when President Biden visits Japan, he urges him to visit the bombed areas. did.
In response, Minister Hayashi said, "For nuclear disarmament, it is necessary to get in touch with the actual situation of the atomic bombing, and it is extremely important for VIPs to visit the atomic bombing area."
After the visit, Mayor Matsui of Hiroshima City said, "Russia has made statements suggesting the use of nuclear weapons and it is in a critical situation. I would like you to regain your leadership toward a world without nuclear weapons." ..
In addition, Mayor Tagami of Nagasaki City said, "I would like you to send a clear message from the A-bombed areas about what nuclear weapons bring and that you should not use nuclear weapons."