August 10, 2025
On August 9, the day marking 80 years since the U.S. atomic bombing on Nagasaki City, the 2025 World Conference against A and H Bombs concluded a series of events with the Nagasaki Day Rally held in the city.
At the rally which took place with 3,200 people, including overseas delegates, adopted the statement, “A Call from Nagasaki”, appealing for the use of the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), which is recognized as a “light of hope” in the “era of dramatic change”, as a leverage to pave the way for a “peaceful and just world without nuclear weapons”.
Nagasaki City Mayor Suzuki Shiro and Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations (Nihon Hidankyo) representative director Tanaka Shigemitsu delivered video speeches. Takana in his speech said that he experienced the atomic bombing when he was four years old, and said, “Let us work together to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and war!”
Along with government representatives from Egypt and Mexico, representatives of the Workers’ Party of Belgium and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) in the U.K. spoke in solidarity.
Activists from France, the U.S., South Korea, and the Marshall Islands talked about their activities to abolish nuclear arms. Japanese activists reported on their fight to push the Japanese government to participate in the TPNW.
Japanese Communist Party Secretariat Head Koike Akira and JCP parliamentarians took part in the rally. Former President of the Science Council of Japan Kajita Tadaaki sent a video message to the rally.
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At the Nagasaki City-hosted peace memorial ceremony held on the day, Mayor Suzuki, reading out the Peace Declaration, stated that in order to make Nagasaki the last atomic bombed city, it is essential for world leaders to show a specific course of action
for achieving the abolition of nuclear weapons. The mayor urged the Japanese government to sign and ratify the TPNW without delay.
A JCP delegation which includes the JCP secretariat head attended the ceremony.
At the rally which took place with 3,200 people, including overseas delegates, adopted the statement, “A Call from Nagasaki”, appealing for the use of the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), which is recognized as a “light of hope” in the “era of dramatic change”, as a leverage to pave the way for a “peaceful and just world without nuclear weapons”.
Nagasaki City Mayor Suzuki Shiro and Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations (Nihon Hidankyo) representative director Tanaka Shigemitsu delivered video speeches. Takana in his speech said that he experienced the atomic bombing when he was four years old, and said, “Let us work together to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and war!”
Along with government representatives from Egypt and Mexico, representatives of the Workers’ Party of Belgium and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) in the U.K. spoke in solidarity.
Activists from France, the U.S., South Korea, and the Marshall Islands talked about their activities to abolish nuclear arms. Japanese activists reported on their fight to push the Japanese government to participate in the TPNW.
Japanese Communist Party Secretariat Head Koike Akira and JCP parliamentarians took part in the rally. Former President of the Science Council of Japan Kajita Tadaaki sent a video message to the rally.
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At the Nagasaki City-hosted peace memorial ceremony held on the day, Mayor Suzuki, reading out the Peace Declaration, stated that in order to make Nagasaki the last atomic bombed city, it is essential for world leaders to show a specific course of action
for achieving the abolition of nuclear weapons. The mayor urged the Japanese government to sign and ratify the TPNW without delay.
A JCP delegation which includes the JCP secretariat head attended the ceremony.
