Japan To Open Up Atom-Bombed Cities For Tours So World Can See ‘Realities’ Of Nuclear War

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida highlighted the necessity to sustain the world nuclear stockpile's downward trend as there are still more than 10,000 nuclear weapons in existence. Now, Japan is set to open up the atom-bombed cities for tours so that the world can see the ‘realities’ of nuclear war.

According to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Japan will invite world leaders and young folks to visit cities that have been bombed with atomic weapons in order to inform them of the "realities" of nuclear warfare and its dreadful repercussions.

At the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) review meeting, Kishida said that Japan will provide a $10 million donation to create a U.N. fund to support teaching children about the hazards of nuclear weapons.

Kishida, the first Japanese prime minister to speak at an NPT review meeting, said Russia's use of nuclear weapons in its conflict with Ukraine heightened global worry about "the real possibility" of another nuclea...

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