Japan: Nagasaki mayor tells PM Abe to adopt nuke-ban treaty
By DW
11 August 2019 |
3:24 pm
Nagasaki's mayor has urged Japan's government to adopt the UN’s 2017 nuclear arms prohibition treaty. Speaking on the 74th anniversary of the atomic bombing, he also slammed the US and Russia for developing new warheads.
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