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Japan marks 78th anniversary of US atomic bombing on Hiroshima, calls nuclear deterrence ‘folly’

Japan has marked the 78th anniversary of the US atomic bombing on Hiroshima, where its mayor urged the abolition of nuclear weapons and called the Group of Seven leaders’ notion of nuclear deterrence a “folly”.

Key points:

• Japan’s prime minister said the road to a world without nuclear weapons was getting steeper due to the Russia-Ukraine war
• The G7 leaders said nuclear weapons should serve to deter aggression and prevent war 
• UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the “drums of nuclear war are beating once again” 

The day to commemorate the victims of the world’s first nuclear attack comes as Russia has raised the spectre of using nuclear weapons in its war with Ukraine……………………………………..

more https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-06/japan-marks-78th-anniversary-of-hiroshima-bombing/102694840—

August 7, 2023 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized