May 20, 2023

Japanese Communist Party Policy Commission Chair Tamura Tomoko on May 19 said that an agreement made between the Japanese and U.S. leaders in their meeting in Hiroshima to strengthen the U.S. extended deterrence, including nuclear deterrence (aka nuclear umbrella), is trampling on the desire of atomic bomb survivors (Hibakusha) for the abolition of nuclear weapons.

She made this remark when asked by the press in the Diet building for a comment on the summit talks between Japanese Prime Minister Kishida and U.S. President Biden held on the day before the opening of the G7 Hiroshima Summit.

Tamura noted that prior to the opening of the three-day conference in Hiroshima, U.S. President Biden, along with other G7 leaders, offered flowers at the memorial cenotaph for the atomic bomb victims, visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, and met with a Hiroshima Hibakusha. She said, “In addition to these activities, they should discuss how to eliminate all nuclear weapons on the planet without delay.”