Nagasaki Remembrance Highlights Japan's Nuclear-Policy Drift Under PM Takaichi
At Nagasaki's 81st bombing anniversary, Mayor Shiro Suzuki denounces nuclear weapons as ‘absolute evil’ and urges Japan to uphold the three non-nuclear principles, while Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi pushes a major defence-policy overhaul that could expand Japan’s military role and fuel debate over allowing nuclear arms under the US security umbrella, amid concerns from survivors and critics about a return to ‘new militarism.’