Nuke ban treaty talks begin, Japan not taking part

Nuke ban treaty talks begin, Japan not taking part

Toshiki Fujimori, assistant secretary general of Nihon Hidankyo, an organization for atomic bomb victims, speaks as a Hiroshima hibakusha during negotiations on a treaty outlawing nuclear weapons at U.N. headquarters in New York on March 27, 2017. "As a hibakusha, and as a Japanese person, I am here today heartbroken, yet I am not discouraged," Fujimori said, as Japan, the world's only atom-bombed country, announced it would abstain from the talks. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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