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The Diplomat (27 May 2023)

Hideo Asano

The Japanese government has been trying to reconcile the long-standing challenge of balancing nuclear disarmament and nuclear deterrence.

On May 21, the G-7 Summit concluded its three-day meeting in Hiroshima, Japan. Prime Minister Kishida Fumio chose his hometown – the first city in the world to suffer a nuclear bombing – as the host city with the determination to promote a world without nuclear weapons. At the summit, the G-7 leaders issued a joint statement entitled “Hiroshima Vision on Nuclear Disarmament,” which Kishida said was of “historic significance.”

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