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  • 70% of US youth think N-weapons are not necessary

    Setsuko Thurlow, an 88-year-old Hiroshima Hibakusha who now resides in Canada, said, "Upon seeing the change in attitudes of young people, I feel that the time when I can have hope is here at last."

  • Hibakusha-led antinuke international signature-collection campaign wins IPB peace prize

    The International Peace Bureau (IPB) pointed out that the collected signatures, totaling 11,843,549, makes it a powerful popular force manifesting global demands for the complete elimination of nuclear weapons.

  • 2020 World Con Nagasaki Day Rally calls for swell of popular movement to achieve entry into force of antinuke UN treaty

    On August 9, the Nagasaki Day Rally, the finale to this year’s World Conference against A and H Bombs, released the “Letter from Nagasaki” calling on all governments in the world to sign and ratify the UN N-ban treaty without delay.

  • POLITICS
  • Shii at NGO-hosted forum urges Japanese gov’t to join UN nuclear weapons ban treaty

  • JCP Koike: 'Go To travel' campaign has no mechanism to find out about campaign-induced COVID-19

  • editorial Japan should change its ODA policy to one truly contributing to poverty reduction

  • Shii in Nagasaki expresses his determination to create a gov’t willing to join antinuke UN treaty

  • SOCIAL ISSUES
  • Tokyo gov’t approves use of metropolitan park for memorial service for Korean victims of 1923 massacre

  • PEACE
  • 2020 World Con Nagasaki Day Rally calls for swell of popular movement to achieve entry into force of antinuke UN treaty

  • Hibakusha-led antinuke international signature-collection campaign wins IPB peace prize

  • 70% of US youth think N-weapons are not necessary

  • 2020 nationwide antinuke Peace March reaches Hiroshima

  • Japanese and S. Korean activists in 2020 antinuke World Con agree to collaborate for non-nuclear Northeast Asia

  • 2020 antinuke World Conference Hiroshima Day Rally calls for early entry into force of UN nuclear weapons ban treaty

  • US leaders aware that there was no need to drop atomic bombs on Japanese cities



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