Annual antinuclear march gets under way

TOKYO, Japan - Peace activists begin an annual march from Tokyo to Hiroshima on May 6 with a goal of reaching their destination Aug. 4, protesting against war and calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons. The participants in the 47th annual march also voiced objections against Japan's deployment of Self-Defense Forces troops in Iraq.

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