A-bomb survivors' groups and others met with senior officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and requested that the government make concrete efforts toward nuclear disarmament and abolition in light of North Korea's missile launches.
On the 6th, the Japanese NGO Liaison Committee for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons, which is made up of groups of atomic bomb survivors, met with executives in charge of nuclear disarmament at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Satoshi Kawasaki, co-representative of the Liaison Committee, said, "It is precisely because the situation in Ukraine and North Korea's missile launch that the situation is tense that efforts toward the abolition of nuclear weapons are urgently needed." I handed in a letter of request to
The request states that the Japanese government should include language acknowledging the significance of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in the draft resolution it submits to the United Nations General Assembly every year, and that it will invite world leaders to Hiroshima to discuss nuclear disarmament by the end of the year. And at the G7 Hiroshima Summit in May next year, we are calling for specific efforts to be made toward nuclear disarmament and abolition, such as creating a forum for exchanging opinions between participants and hibakusha.
Afterwards, a confidential exchange of opinions took place, and according to the Liaison Committee, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs explained the Japanese government's policies regarding nuclear disarmament.
After the exchange of views, A-bomb survivor Seiko Wada said, "I couldn't feel a sense of crisis over the situation surrounding nuclear weapons, and I was disappointed with all the responses I've received so far, but I have no choice but to continue appealing." was