THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
October 26, 2020 at 17:20 JST
Members of seven groups of survivors of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima hold a banner pressing the government to sign and ratify the U.N. Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. They are standing in front of the skeletal-shaped Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima on Oct. 25. (Jun Ueda)
The Japanese government on Oct. 26 reiterated its longstanding refusal to sign a U.N. treaty aimed at dismantling all nuclear weapons and outlawing their use, citing the nation's continued reliance on the U.S. nuclear umbrella for its defense. [Read More]
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