I will never forget the shock I experienced when I was in the sixth grade of elementary school when I saw footage of the aftermath of the atomic bomb that the United States dropped on Hiroshima Shigeru Ishiba Prime Minister of Japan
At the same time, in response to a question about nuclear deterrence and the idea of the possibility of sharing nuclear weapons, Ishiba noted that discussions should be held on how to “combine deterrence and the renunciation of nuclear weapons.” In August 1945, the United States dropped atomic bombs to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. More than 200 thousand people lost their lives from the explosion and its consequences, the vast majority of whom were civilians. On the anniversary of the tragic events - August 6 and 9 - a “Peace Ceremony” is held in Japanese cities, during which Japanese politicians usually do not directly say that the bombings were carried out by the United States.