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NAGASAKI Michael Jordan White Sox Jersey , Japan, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) — Japan’s Nagasakicommemorated the 72nd anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing onWednesday, with its mayor calling for sticking to pacifistConstitution and reconsidering the policy of relying on the U.S.nuclear umbrella.
During the ceremony at the Peace Memorial Park, Mayor ofNagasaki Tomihisa Taue criticized the central government for notjoining negotiations for the Nuclear Prohibition Treaty Melky Cabrera White Sox Jersey , sayingthat it was “”incomprehensible”” to people living in the cities thathave suffered atomic bombings.
He also urged the central government to reconsider the policy ofrelying on the U.S. nuclear umbrella and “”reaffirm to the world itscommitment to the pacifist ethos of the Constitution of Japan,which firmly renounces war.””
Taue’s remarks came at a time when Japanese Prime MinisterShinzo Abe and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) have beeneyeing making Japan’s first-ever postwar amendment to the pacifistcharter.
Yoshitoshi Fukahori, representative of the victims and theirfamilies of the atomic bombing in Nagasaki, said the pacifistConstitution has been “”a basic state policy”” for Japan since theend of World War II Luke Appling White Sox Jersey , and “”without the policy, Japan would losetrust of the world.””
Prime Minister Abe delivered a speech at the ceremony, in whichhe still made no mention of the historical background for theatomic bombings or Japan’s aggressive war against itsneighbors.
While Abe was speaking, shouts of protests burst out from aroundthe park Luis Aparicio White Sox Jersey , demanding the prime minister to step down.
Despite the rainy weather in Nagasaki, a number of civil groupsgathered around the park, holding banners and shouting slogansdemanding for peace and no war again.
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