Prime Minister Abe Shinzo on the day after the July 21 House of Councilors election expressed his intent to restore a two-third majority in the chamber in order to realize his ambition to adversely revise the pacifist Constitution.
This year marks two years since the nuclear weapons ban treaty was adopted in the United Nations. This year’s World Conference needs to live up to public expectations and play a role in presenting a viable prospect to totally eliminate nuclear weapons.