With the first UN conference to negotiate a Nuclear Weapons Convention approaching, the Japan Council against A and H Bombs (Japan Gensuikyo) held the international forum on anti-nuke movements as part of the 2017 Bikini Day events in Shizuoka City.
The highest authority for Japanese academics pledged to not conduct military research based on remorse over wartime military cooperation. With the Abe gov’t promoting a military-academia partnership, a physicist underscores the significance of this pledge.