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Hiroshima marked the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing on August 6, 2026, with Mayor Kazumi Matsui criticising major powers for waging wars and treating nuclear weapons as a tool of deterrence.
Key Highlights
- Mayor Matsui warned that downplaying the inhumanity of nuclear weapons and justifying force for national gain risks cycles of retaliation that could lead to another Hiroshima or Nagasaki.
- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attended the memorial for the first time as PM.
- She said Japan will take a "realistic approach" toward a world free of nuclear weapons, within the framework of the UN's Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
