The mayors of the city and Nagasaki, ‘abolish nuclear weapons’
“I think it is important to publish something to prevent the memories of the Second World War from fading and in order to never go to war again”. The Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said it during a session of the Budget Commission of the Chamber of Representatives in Tokyo. The Japanese news agency Kyodo writes this, explaining how the prime minister said he wanted to transmit a message that underlines Japan’s need to remember the disassemble of the Second World War, in the year to which the 80th anniversary of his defeat occurs.
Meanwhile, Hiroshima and Nagasaki prepare for the ceremonies of commemorating the tragedies of the two nuclear bombings.
Japanese average report that the two mayors, in their respective ceremonies, will renew their commitment to the abolition of nuclear weapons. In his speech in Hiroshima, scheduled for Wednesday, the mayor Kazumi Matsui will invite world leaders to start immediately to discuss a security framework based on trust through dialogue. For his song, the mayor of Nagasaki, Shiro Suzuki, in his speech at the ceremony of August 9, will urge the world to trace a concrete path towards the abolition of nuclear weapons.
