Hiroshima municipal officials and the Japan Congress Against A and H Bombs (Gensuikin) were mum Monday over Saturday's comment by Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto calling for a reality check on the nation's three nonnuclear principles.
The two sides said they have no plans to issue an official comment against Hashimoto's remark because of his low official status compared with prominent Diet members.
During a stop in Hiroshima on Saturday to drum up support for the party he heads, Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party), Hashimoto said that while he would stick to the basics of the three nonnuclear principles, he questioned if it was really possible to prevent nuclear weapons from being brought into Japan.