Redefining Hiroshima's Significance.

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is hosting the G-7 summit in Hiroshima, a city destroyed by an atomic bomb in 1945, to demonstrate the importance of upholding a free and open international order based on the rule of law. Suga will call on Russia to withdraw all forces and equipment from Ukraine and reiterate that forcible acquisition of territory and unilateral attempts to change internationally recognized borders by force cannot be allowed. The summit will also focus on practical and realistic efforts to move toward a world without nuclear weapons, enhancing transparency, further reducing the global nuclear stockpile, securing nuclear nonproliferation, and promoting the peaceful uses of nuclear energy. Additionally, the G-7 leaders will discuss the Indo-Pacific and how to address China's external stance and military activities, as well as how to mitigate the impact of Russia's aggression against Ukraine on people's lives, especially in the global South.