Takaichi emphasizes Japan’s commitment to nonnuclear principles on Hiroshima anniversary
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's first appearance at the ceremony as the nation's leader comes as the government prepares to revise key national security documents later this year.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi underscored Japan's steadfast adherence to nonnuclear principles during a commemorative address in Hiroshima on Thursday, marking 81 years since the city was obliterated by an American atomic bomb. Takaichi honored the victims and survivors at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, where attendees observed a minute of silence at 8:15 a.m., the precise moment the bomb detonated on August 6, 1945.
The blast, which unleashed an estimated 140,000 deaths by the year's end, was followed three days later by the bombing of Nagasaki, resulting in another 74,000 fatalities by the same timeframe. "The catastrophic consequences of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the unutterable anguish endured by countless individuals, must never be allowed to occur again," Takaichi declared in her speech.
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