Hiroshima, Nagasaki urge Japan to sign, ratify U.N. nuke ban treaty

Eiichiro Washio (R), senior vice foreign minister of Japan, receives a letter in Tokyo on Nov. 20, 2020, from Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue (C) and Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui urging the government to sign and ratify a U.N treaty banning nuclear weapons set to enter into force in January 2021.

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