X/ @hiroshima_prefFor decades, Japan has prohibited the possession, production, or introduction of nuclear weapons into its territory. Since Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi took office in October last year, at least 128 local assemblies from 36 prefectures across Japan have submitted written opinions to the Diet, Japan’s parliament, urging the government to uphold the country’s Three Non-Nuclear Principles. Local assemblies in Hakodate City and Shinhidaka Town in Hokkaido have called for the principles to be enshrined in law. Japan’s Three Non-Nuclear Principles, which prohibit possessing, producing or permitting the introduction of nuclear weapons into Japanese territory, were formally adopted by the Japanese parliament in 1971 and have since become the cornerstone of the country’s nuclear policy. Local media previously reported that the Takaichi government was considering revising the principle prohibiting the introduction of nuclear weapons into Japan.