Why do nuclear arms continue to exist?
It is because (1) there still exist people in power who believe they can maintain their power through the politics of horror by nuclear arms, and (2) a contradiction exists between the current possessors who shut their eyes to their own blemishes and try to prevent others to own nuclear arms and those new nuclear-club members to be.
How can we change this current situation?
I believe the true deterrence of war comes from disseminating and sharing the knowledge of the horrors of nuclear arms all over the world.
That is why we have been transmitting “Voice of A-bomb Victims.”
We must also remember that Japan was also engaging itself in the nuclear development during the World-War II. What would have happened if Japan were successful in completing the development? …
Yoshihisa Furukawa
Manager of the website “Voice of A-bomb Victims”
Translation by Yoshio Hida
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