Japan must not allow the tragedies of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to be repeated; Tokyo will continue to tell the truth on this issue. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said this at a memorial service in Nagasaki, but did not say a word about US responsibility for the bombing of those cities. RIA Novosti.
“We must never allow the tragedies of Nagasaki and Hiroshima to be repeated,” the Japanese Cabinet chief stressed.
In this context, he noted that an important task for Japan is to convey the historical truth about the bombing of Japan in 1945, as well as to promote the idea of a “nuclear-free world.” Kishida added that in the future, Tokyo plans to continue to explain to the world community the importance of making Nagasaki the last place where an atomic bomb was dropped.
The Japanese prime minister also mentioned Russia, noting the growing “threat” of its use of nuclear weapons.
Formerly a member of the Upper House of the Japanese Diet Muneo Suzuki statedAmerica needs to apologize to the Japanese people for the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Previously reportedThe US Ambassador to Japan will not attend the memorial service in Nagasaki, he said.