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Why hasn't Japan signed the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons?

Commentary / Japan Mar 22, 2022

Why hasn't Japan signed the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons?

by Peter Chordas

Despite having signed up to other agreements on the issue, and having public backing for the idea, politics has gotten in the way of a step forward on the treaty.

Japan under pressure to observe U.N. nuke ban treaty meeting

National Jan 22, 2022

Japan under pressure to observe U.N. nuke ban treaty meeting

Japan relies on the U.S. nuclear umbrella for its security and is not one of the treaty's 86 signatory countries and regions.

Mobilizing the world behind the nuclear weapons ban treaty

Commentary / Japan Oct 30, 2020

Mobilizing the world behind the nuclear weapons ban treaty

by Ramesh Thakur

Setsuko Thurlow is an atomic bombing survivor who lives in Canada. She has been a highly visible public face of the hibakusha around the world, campaigning tirelessly for nuclear abolition and was included in the small delegation from the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear ...

If we can’t ban nukes, let’s stigmatize them

Commentary / World Sep 30, 2020

If we can’t ban nukes, let’s stigmatize them

by Andreas Kluth

Since the end of the Cold War, most people have become much less afraid of nuclear war, when instead they should worry more.

Hopes high that Pope Francis will send message from A-bombed cities to support nuclear weapons ban treaty

National | Regional Voices: Hiroshima Oct 16, 2018

Hopes high that Pope Francis will send message from A-bombed cities to support nuclear weapons ban treaty

by Kyosuke Mizukawa

With Pope Francis expressing his intention to visit Japan next year, hopes are high among Hiroshima and Nagasaki residents and A-bomb survivors' groups that he may come to their cities. The Vatican has already ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, and the ...

National Jan 22, 2018

Support for U.N. nuke ban grows in Japan as assemblies pressure Abe to join

More than 100 assemblies throughout the nation are pressuring the central government to join the U.N. nuclear weapons ban, according to a tally compiled Sunday.

Japan's reluctance to adopt nuclear ban treaty angers hibakusha as Nagasaki marks A-bomb anniversary

National | FOCUS Aug 9, 2017

Japan's reluctance to adopt nuclear ban treaty angers hibakusha as Nagasaki marks A-bomb anniversary

by Sophie Jackman

As Hiroshima and Nagasaki marked the 72nd anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings, aging survivors deplored what they called the hypocrisy by the Japanese government following its decision to stay out of a treaty banning nuclear arms. Despite anger and calls from the survivors urging ...

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