# Nagasaki

Hibakusha Families Protest Plans to Weaken Japan’s Non‑Nuclear Stance as Councils Urge Upholding the Three Principles

Relatives of Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic‑bomb survivors protested in Hiroshima against Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s reported consideration of revising Japan’s “three non‑nuclear principles,” calling on Tokyo to join the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Municipal assemblies in Hiroshima and Nagasaki have formally urged the central government to respect survivors’ feelings and retain the prohibition on possessing, producing or introducing nuclear arms.

SoMi2026年2月8日 09:30

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Fisheye lens captures graffiti inside an abandoned Chernobyl reactor.

Politics

Hibakusha Groups and City Councils Push Back as Tokyo Considers Weakening Japan’s Non‑Nuclear Pledge

Family members of Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic‑bomb survivors and both cities’ councils have protested proposals by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s government to revise the "no‑import" element of Japan’s Three Non‑Nuclear Principles. The protests underline the moral authority of hibakusha and foreshadow a contentious domestic and diplomatic debate over Japan’s nuclear posture and its role under the US security umbrella.

SoMi2026年2月7日 13:50

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