Nagasaki mayor urges Japanese defense minister to see atomic bomb sites after nuclear remarks

Op-Ed: The rulers of the nuclear powers are slow learners

By Lawrence S. Wittner Although 81 years have passed since the atomic bombing of Japan in August 1945, the rulers of major nations continue their reckless march toward a nuclear holocaust. The nine nuclear powers (the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France, Israel, India, Pakistan, and North Korea), possessing some 12,100 nuclear warheads, are all busily upgrading…

Nagasaki mayor urges Japanese defense minister to see atomic bomb sites after nuclear remarks

Shiro Suzuki, the mayor of the Japanese city of Nagasaki, on Friday called on Japan's defense minister to visit the atomic bomb sites and learn about the inhumanity and cruelty of nuclear weapons before debating security policy, in a direct response