Book questioning significance of Hiroshima Summit to be published next month, featuring contributions from A-bomb survivors
Sep. 29, 2023
by Kaori Ota, Staff Writer
Regarding the summit meeting of the G7 (Group of Seven Industrial nations) held in Hiroshima in May, a citizen group in Hiroshima Prefecture will publish a book entitled, “Our Hiroshima Summit,” on October 6, questioning the significance of holding the event in the A-bombed city. The book includes contributions from 31 A-bomb survivors, young people from citizen groups, specialists, and questions the results of the summit as claimed by its leaders.
The A-5 sized book contains 184 pages. The authors comment on the summit from their respective positions calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons.
The Hiroshima Vision, a nuclear disarmament document, was met with harsh opinions, and Toshiyuki Mimaki, chair of the Hiroshima Prefectural Confederation of A-bomb Sufferers Organizations (Hiroshima Hidankyo), said, “It’s unfortunate the theory of nuclear deterrence was advocated. Don’t ignore the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.” Kunihiko Sakuma, chair of the other Hiroshima Hidankyo, also criticized it, saying, “It justifies the theory of nuclear deterrence and goes against the abolition of nuclear weapons.” The book also includes a transcript of a lecture given this summer by Setsuko Thurlow, an A-bomb survivor living in Canada.
The book was compiled by the Hiroshima citizen groups, made up of the Hiroshima Hidankyo headed by Chair, Sakuma, and the Hiroshima prefectural chapter of the Japan Congress against A- and H-bombs in thinking about the G7 Hiroshima Summit. On September 28, the seven authors held a press conference at City Hall. Yu Sato, 22, a fourth-year student at Hiroshima City University who expressed feelings of being betrayed by the summit, introduced the book as a volume filled with the authors’ thoughts. The book is available at bookstores and online for 1,540 yen.
(Originally published on September 29, 2023)
Regarding the summit meeting of the G7 (Group of Seven Industrial nations) held in Hiroshima in May, a citizen group in Hiroshima Prefecture will publish a book entitled, “Our Hiroshima Summit,” on October 6, questioning the significance of holding the event in the A-bombed city. The book includes contributions from 31 A-bomb survivors, young people from citizen groups, specialists, and questions the results of the summit as claimed by its leaders.
The A-5 sized book contains 184 pages. The authors comment on the summit from their respective positions calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons.
The Hiroshima Vision, a nuclear disarmament document, was met with harsh opinions, and Toshiyuki Mimaki, chair of the Hiroshima Prefectural Confederation of A-bomb Sufferers Organizations (Hiroshima Hidankyo), said, “It’s unfortunate the theory of nuclear deterrence was advocated. Don’t ignore the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.” Kunihiko Sakuma, chair of the other Hiroshima Hidankyo, also criticized it, saying, “It justifies the theory of nuclear deterrence and goes against the abolition of nuclear weapons.” The book also includes a transcript of a lecture given this summer by Setsuko Thurlow, an A-bomb survivor living in Canada.
The book was compiled by the Hiroshima citizen groups, made up of the Hiroshima Hidankyo headed by Chair, Sakuma, and the Hiroshima prefectural chapter of the Japan Congress against A- and H-bombs in thinking about the G7 Hiroshima Summit. On September 28, the seven authors held a press conference at City Hall. Yu Sato, 22, a fourth-year student at Hiroshima City University who expressed feelings of being betrayed by the summit, introduced the book as a volume filled with the authors’ thoughts. The book is available at bookstores and online for 1,540 yen.
(Originally published on September 29, 2023)
