U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited an atomic bomb memorial site in Hiroshima on Saturday, in a show of support for a world without nuclear weapons as fears about Russia using the devastating arms are growing.
Emanuel, a former top aide to former President Barack Obama, and Kishida, a lawmaker representing a constituency in the city, offered flowers for the victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing at the Peace Memorial Park near ground zero and visited the Peace Memorial Museum.
“There is a real concern that Russia could use nuclear weapons,” Kishida said, referring to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, when he met with the ambassador after visiting the park. “They must not be used.”
Their visit to one of the two atomic-bombed cities in Japan comes as Russian President Vladimir Putin recently hinted at using nuclear weapons in the face of Ukraine’s resistance and severe economic sanctions imposed by Western nations following its invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24.
“The lessons of Hiroshima must be our North Star guiding us to a world free of war and open to peace. Let us have the courage and strength to heed the lessons represented in this museum,” Emanuel wrote in a Twitter post after visiting the museum.
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広島市の平和公園で岸田総理とエマニュエル大使は、原爆慰霊碑にそろって献花しました。
岸田総理は、「ウクライナ侵攻において、ロシアが核兵器を使用する可能性が深刻に懸念されている」として、核兵器による威嚇や使用は絶対あってはならないと改めて主張。国際情勢が緊迫化するなかで、以前から広島訪問に意欲を見せていたエマニュエル氏の訪問が行われたことは、「国際社会に向けて強いメッセージになる」と期待を示しました。 – TBS NEWS
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