Group of 7 leaders convened in Hiroshima and honored victims of the atomic bomb. But they have no new plans to reduce the threat of nuclear war.
ahead of the summit. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, a native of Hiroshima, had hoped to do so.
Though he is a “true believer in a world without nuclear weapons,” as prime minister, Kishida has had to come to terms with the inherent contradiction between nuclear disarmament and extended deterrence, said Daniel Russel, who served as the top U.S. diplomat for Asia under President Obama. Satoshi had hoped the visit would have a similar impact on Biden and other leaders. He was just 1½ years old when the bomb dropped, living in the Yamaguchi prefecture, where his father served in the military. After news of the attack, Satoshi’s mother rushed to Hiroshima to search for her family, who lived half a mile from the hypocenter, where the A-bomb exploded.
“Nuclear weapons are weapons of mass destruction, but at the same time, they continue to kill people forever,” Satoshi said. “When we allow nuclear weapons to proliferate and we continue like that, I would say that everyone on Earth will one day become a nuclear victim. Nuclear weapons and humans cannot coexist.”
“Part of the message that we’re hearing from the Japanese is we’re not here to look back but look forward,” Cooper said. “We need to get past history issues and start thinking about the challenges ahead.”
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