Nagasaki Mayor versus Chinese reporter over nuclear deterrence
Is a world without nuclear weapons really possible?
By Kosuke TakahashiAround this hot, humid summer season, people across Japan offer prayers for the war victims of World War II, including those who lost their lives by the atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Peace memorial ceremonies held by the two cities on August 6 and 9, coupled with the national memorial service for all the war dead on August 15, have become a feature of summer in Japan every year.With Japan continuing to send a message of peace to the world every summer, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe falls in a catch-22 situation: Although he has called for “a world free of nuclear wea...