Prime Minister Meeting with A-bomb survivors Emphasis on efforts to abolish nuclear weapons and support for A-bomb victims August 9, 17:01

Prime Minister Abe will meet with representatives of atomic bomb survivors' groups in Nagasaki City on the 9th of "Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Day" and will continue to make efforts to eliminate nuclear weapons, as well as tell the victims and experience of the atomic bomb. I emphasized the idea of ​​moving forward.

After attending the Peace Memorial Ceremony, Prime Minister Abe met with the representatives of the A-bomb victims' group together with Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare at a hotel in Nagasaki.

The representatives of the group are the government of Japan, including the signing and ratification of the "Nuclear Weapons Convention", undertaking the initiative toward the abolition of nuclear weapons, and the residents who were exposed to so-called "black rain" in Hiroshima. In a lawsuit claiming health damage, the Hiroshima District Court demanded that the decision that all of the victims be a victim of the atomic bombing be dealt with based on the requests of Hiroshima Prefecture and Hiroshima City.

In response, Prime Minister Abe said, "We will make every effort to eliminate nuclear weapons, and we will make sincere efforts to convey the traumatic experience of atomic bombs to the atomic bomb victims across generations and across borders. I'm going."

In addition, Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Kato is currently discussing the response to the judgment with Hiroshima Prefecture and the city of Hiroshima, and indicated that he would draw a conclusion by the appeal deadline 12 days.

At a subsequent press conference, Prime Minister Abe pointed out that the security environment surrounding Japan is becoming more severe, and in addition to defense capabilities, it is necessary to strengthen the deterrence power of the Japan-US alliance. The Nuclear Weapons Convention, which must be said to be different in Japan's way of thinking and approach, seeks to bridge countries with different positions and actively engages in international discussions toward the progress of nuclear disarmament. I want to contribute."