Japan faces backlash for ‘shameful’ decision to skip nuclear ban summit despite Nobel Prize win
Japan's decision to skip a major nuclear weapon ban summit in New York has drawn criticism from activists, who argue that Tokyo is missing a crucial opportunity to promote disarmament. This decision comes despite the Nobel Peace Prize win by Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organization of atomic and hydrogen bomb survivors, for its decades-long campaign against nuclear weapons.
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), adopted in 2017, is the first legally binding international agreement to ban nuclear arms. While supported by non-nuclear states and disarmament advocates, nuclear-armed nations and their allies, including Japan, oppose it, with Japan relying on US deterrence. Some members of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) had considered sending representatives to the summit following Nihon Hidankyo's Nobel Prize win, making the government's ultimate decision "extremely unfortunate" according to some observers.
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Japan's decision to skip a major nuclear weapon ban summit in New York has drawn criticism from activists, who argue that Tokyo is missing a crucial opportunity to promote disarmament. This decision comes despite the Nobel Peace Prize win by Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organization of atomic and hydrogen bomb survivors, for its decades-long campaign against nuclear weapons.
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), adopted in 2017, is the first legally binding international agreement to ban nuclear arms. While supported by non-nuclear states and disarmament advocates, nuclear-armed nations and their allies, including Japan, oppose it, with Japan relying on US deterrence. Some members of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) had considered sending representatives to the summit following Nihon Hidankyo's Nobel Prize win, making the government's ultimate decision "extremely unfortunate" according to some observers.
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