🇯🇵Japan’s prime minister hit out at Russian threats to use nuclear weapons as the country observed the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima🕊️ TheCitizenNews Japan Russia Hiroshima Read the story⬇️
Kishida’s comments echoed those of UN chief Antonio Guterres, who issued a statement on the Hiroshima anniversary saying that “some countries are recklessly rattling the nuclear sabre once again, threatening to use these tools of annihilation.”is unacceptable,” Guterres said.
Russia and Belarus were not invited to the ceremony for the second straight year because of the Ukraine crisis. However, there is little appetite to reduce stockpiles with Russia repeatedly issuing thinly veiled warnings that Moscow could use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, as well as repeated North Korean missile tests and stalling efforts towards non-proliferation.
The anniversary follows the US release of blockbuster “Oppenheimer,” a biopic about J. Robert Oppenheimer, one of the creators of atomic weapons.No release date has been announced for Japan and there is speculation it may not show in cinemas at all.
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