Reference News, December 25 report. According to Kyodo News, on December 24, representatives of four atomic bomb victim groups in Nagasaki held a press conference in Nagasaki City, issuing a protest statement against the remarks by officials at the Prime Minister's Office advocating for nuclear weapons, saying: "The atomic bomb victims will not allow such remarks that trample on our 80 years of hard-won history." The chairman of the Nagasaki Prefecture Peace Movement Center Atomic Bomb Victims Liaison Conference, Akiko Kawasumi (81 years old), said: "Wouldn't this make Japan a country shunned by the world?" She believes that Prime Minister Sanae Takeda should personally clearly deny the possession of nuclear weapons.
At the press conference, photos of victims burned black in the atomic bomb explosion were displayed, and banners reading "No more atomic bomb victims" were hung. The president of the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Victims Association, Shigetaka Tanaka (85 years old), said: "Japan must never become a nuclear aggressor. To prevent this trend, the unity of the people is important, and we must pass on the peace movement to those who have never experienced war."
The statement also called for upholding the "three non-nuclear principles" and changing the security policy reliant on nuclear deterrence. It is reported that the statement has been submitted through the opinion platform on the Prime Minister's Office website.
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