The 2016 World Conference against A & H Bombs, after moving its venue to the other A-bombed city of Nagasaki, held an “international exchange forum” focusing on grassroots movements and global solidarity for the total abolition of nuclear weapons.
The 2016 World Conference against A and H Bombs and related events in Hiroshima ended on August 6 with the Hiroshima Day Rally which was joined by 5,500 people, including 54 overseas delegates from 19 countries.
Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo at a speech assembly commemorating the 94th anniversary of the founding of the JCP spoke on the significance of collaboration between four opposition parties and citizens’ groups.