A-bomb survivors’ organizations to issue statement demanding that three non-nuclear principles be enshrined into law
Mar. 11, 2010
by Sakiko Masuda, Staff Writer
On March 10, in the wake of a report released by an expert panel investigating secret Japan-U.S. pacts, five representatives of anti-nuclear organizations and organizations of A-bomb survivors (hibakusha) held a news conference at Hiroshima City Hall and announced their intention to call on the Japanese government to enshrine the three non-nuclear principles into law. They will gather opinions from A-bomb survivors' organizations in Nagasaki and send a written statement, jointly signed, to the government as early as next week.
Kazushi Kaneko, 84, chair of the Hiroshima Prefectural Confederation of A-bomb Sufferers Organizations, expressed his doubts at the news conference: "To what extent do they understand the horrific reality of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?" Mr. Kaneko stressed the need for conveying the wish of the A-bombed cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to the government once again.
Haruko Moritaki, 71, co-director of the Hiroshima Alliance for Nuclear Weapons Abolition (HANWA), commented, "We can see signs from the way the government is handling the issue that it is trying to settle the past. We would like to work together with Nagasaki, the other A-bombed city, and call for the three non-nuclear principles to be made into law."
The five representatives at the news conference are also Hiroshima representatives for a Hiroshima-Nagasaki group comprised of 29 members from the two cities which is calling for three non-nuclear principles to be strictly observed and enshrined into law. On the same day, there was a similar news conference in Nagasaki.
(Originally published on March 11, 2010)
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On March 10, in the wake of a report released by an expert panel investigating secret Japan-U.S. pacts, five representatives of anti-nuclear organizations and organizations of A-bomb survivors (hibakusha) held a news conference at Hiroshima City Hall and announced their intention to call on the Japanese government to enshrine the three non-nuclear principles into law. They will gather opinions from A-bomb survivors' organizations in Nagasaki and send a written statement, jointly signed, to the government as early as next week.
Kazushi Kaneko, 84, chair of the Hiroshima Prefectural Confederation of A-bomb Sufferers Organizations, expressed his doubts at the news conference: "To what extent do they understand the horrific reality of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?" Mr. Kaneko stressed the need for conveying the wish of the A-bombed cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to the government once again.
Haruko Moritaki, 71, co-director of the Hiroshima Alliance for Nuclear Weapons Abolition (HANWA), commented, "We can see signs from the way the government is handling the issue that it is trying to settle the past. We would like to work together with Nagasaki, the other A-bombed city, and call for the three non-nuclear principles to be made into law."
The five representatives at the news conference are also Hiroshima representatives for a Hiroshima-Nagasaki group comprised of 29 members from the two cities which is calling for three non-nuclear principles to be strictly observed and enshrined into law. On the same day, there was a similar news conference in Nagasaki.
(Originally published on March 11, 2010)
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