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Hiroshima marks 81st atomic bomb anniversary as mayor deplores the pursuit of nuclear weapons
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WBAL Baltimore News
“Downplaying the inhumanity of nuclear weapons and accepting the use of force to pursue one’s own prosperity risk cycles of violent retaliation that could ultimately result in another Hiroshima or Nagasaki,” Mayor Kazumi Matsui said.
Takaichi has advocated a review of the principles for a possibility of dropping the third one — of not permitting nuclear weapons to be brought into the country.
Survivors have expressed frustration and worry over growing support for the possession of nuclear weapons for deterrence by the international community, including Japan.
“The horror of nuclear weapons is just one lesson of Hiroshima.
___Associated Press writer Edith M. Lederer at the United Nations contributed to this report.