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A-bomb survivor on Japan's absence from nuke ban meeting

Terumi Tanaka (L), co-chair of 2024 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors, hands a protest statement to Kimitake Nakamura, head of the Foreign Ministry's Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Science Department, at the ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 26, 2025, following the government's decision not to attend the following month's meeting of signatories of the U.N. Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons as an observer.

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A-bomb survivor on Japan's absence from nuke ban meeting

Terumi Tanaka, co-chair of 2024 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors, meets the press in Tokyo on Feb. 26, 2025, as he visits the Japanese Foreign Ministry to lodge a protest over the government's decision not to attend the following month's meeting of signatories of the U.N. Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons as an observer.

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Japan not to attend U.N. nuke ban meeting in March

TOKYO, Japan, Feb. 18 Kyodo - Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya holds a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 18, 2025, to announce that the Japanese government will not send an observer to the March meeting of signatories to the U.N. nuclear ban treaty in New York. (Kyodo)

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Japan not to attend U.N. nuke ban meeting in March

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya holds a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 18, 2025, to announce that the Japanese government will not send an observer to the March meeting of signatories to the U.N. nuclear ban treaty in New York.

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Japan not to attend U.N. nuke ban meeting in March

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya holds a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 18, 2025, to announce that the Japanese government will not send an observer to the March meeting of signatories to the U.N. nuclear ban treaty in New York.

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7th anniv. of U.N. adoption of nuke ban treaty

Anti-nuclear group members including survivors of the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki stage a peace rally in the southwestern city's Peace Park on July 7, 2024, the seventh anniversary of the adoption by the United Nations of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

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U.N. nuke ban treaty takes effect

NAGASAKI, Japan, Jan. 22 Kyodo - Participants deflate balloons, in a symbolic destruction of nuclear warheads, during an event in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 22, 2021, to celebrate the coming into effect of a U.N. treaty banning nuclear weapons.

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U.N. nuke ban treaty takes effect

NAGASAKI, Japan, Jan. 22 Kyodo - A participant (R) deflates a balloon, in a symbolic destruction of a nuclear warhead, during an event in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 22, 2021, to celebrate the coming into effect of a U.N. treaty banning nuclear weapons.

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Hiroshima marks 72nd A-bomb anniversary with eyes on nuke ban treaty

HIROSHIMA, Japan, Aug. 6 Kyodo - Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui reads out the Peace Declaration at a ceremony marking the 72nd anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city in its Peace Memorial Park on Aug. 6, 2017.

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S. Korean team has firsthand look at Fukushima nuke plant

OKUMA, Japan - Members of a South Korean investigation team visit the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec. 17, 2014, in search of clues as to whether to lift or ease Seoul's import ban on seafood products from the northeastern Japan region imposed after the 2011 disaster that crippled the plant.

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IAEA chief braces for prolonged nuke crisis in Japan

NAIROBI, Kenya - International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Yukiya Amano speaks during a news conference in Nairobi, Kenya, on April 1, 2011, after meeting with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon. Amano warned of a prolonged battle to end the ongoing nuclear crisis in quake-hit Japan.

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Ban expresses concern over Japan nuke crisis

NAIROBI, Kenya - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon speaks during a news conference in Nairobi, Kenya, on April 1, 2011, after meeting with International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Yukiya Amano. Ban expressed anxiety about the nuclear crisis in Japan.

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U.N. chief lectures on nuke-free world at Waseda Univ.

TOKYO, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon delivers a lecture at Waseda University in Tokyo on Aug. 4, 2010. Ban said he believes realizing a world free of nuclear weapons is ''not an impossible dream.''

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U.N. chief lectures on nuke-free world at Waseda Univ.

TOKYO, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon delivers a lecture at Waseda University in Tokyo on Aug. 4, 2010. Ban said he believes realizing a world free of nuclear weapons is ''not an impossible dream.''

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U.N. head Ban commits to realize nuke-free world

NEW YORK, United States - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon speaks during an interview at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on Aug. 2, 2010, prior to his departure for Japan where he will visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Ban expressed his commitment to realize a world without nuclear weapons within his lifetime.

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U.N., Japan agree N. Korea nuke arms possession unacceptable

TOKYO, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone (R) shake hands after a press conference on June 30 in Tokyo after their talks on North Korea's possession of nuclear arms as well as climate change and U.N. Security Council reform.

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U.N., Japan agree N. Korea nuke arms possession unacceptable

TOKYO, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (far L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone (2nd from R) exchange opinions during their talks in Tokyo on June 30 on North Korea's possession of nuclear arms as well as climate change and U.N. Security Council reform.

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High school students eye 10,000 signatures for nuke disarmament

HIROSHIMA, Japan - High school students begin collecting signatures on the streets of the city of Hiroshima on July 26 to appeal to the international community for the importance of achieving world peace by eliminating war and nuclear weapons. About 80 students from Hiroshima and Okinawa prefectures are aiming to gather 10,000 signatures and hand them to U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon at the U.N. headquarters in October.

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Aso, Ban affirm cooperation over U.N. resolution on N. Korea nuke

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso (L) and his South Korean counterpart Ban Ki Moon, the next U.N. secretary general, are in talks in Tokyo late Nov. 5. The two leaders affirmed their countries' close cooperation as well as with the United States, a key ally, in dealing with North Korea's nuclear development. (Pool photo)

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Aso, Ban affirm cooperation over U.N. resolution on N. Korea nuke

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso (L) and his South Korean counterpart Ban Ki Moon, the next U.N. secretary general, pose for a photo prior to their talks in Tokyo on Nov. 5. They affirmed their countries' close cooperation as well as with the United States, a key ally, in dealing with North Korea's nuclear development. (Pool photo)

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Top S. Korean, U.S. negotiators discuss N. Korea nuke issue

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Ban Ki Moon (L) and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill are in talks in Seoul on April 25, They discussed strategies to cope with stalled multilateral negotiations over North Korea's nuclear ambitions.

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S. Korea, U.S. reaffirm stance on N. Korea nuke program

SEOUL, South Korea - U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs James Kelly (L) holds talks with South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Ban Ki Moon in Seoul on Feb. 2. They reaffirmed their commitment to ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program but did not set a target date for resumption of six-way talks to seek a diplomatic solution to the nuclear issue.

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Chinese show positive attitude for nuke disarmament

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The Chinese delegation makes an appeal for nuclear disarmament at an international ban-the-bomb conference in Hiroshima, participating in the gathering for the first time in 12 years. Photo shows Zhu Shanqing, vice president of the private Chinese People's Association for Peace and Disarmament, who joined the meeting Aug. 3.

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Japan vows to help put nuke test ban treaty into force early

Lassina Zerbo (L), executive secretary of the preparatory commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, and Japanese senior vice foreign minister Seiji Kihara shake hands in Vienna on June 13, 2016. Japan is ready to lead the way in putting the CTBT into force at an early date, Kihara said in a speech at a one-day ministerial-level meeting there to commemorate 20 years since nations began signing the treaty. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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United Nations push for ratification of nuke test ban treaty

Rose Gottemoeller (C), U.S. undersecretary of state for arms control and international security, speaks at an event marking the International Day against Nuclear Tests at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 10, 2015. At the event, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon called on countries such as the United States, North Korea and China, among others, to ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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A-bombed cities' mayors call for nuke ban treaty, warn of war risks

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (L) makes a speech, alongside Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue, at a U.N. conference in New York on May 1, 2015. The mayors of the two Japanese cities that were devastated by wartime atomic bombings urged participating countries to pursue a nuclear-free world through such means as a nuclear weapons ban treaty. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Over 1/3 of U.N. members support Austria's nuke-ban document

Alexander Kmentt, director for disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation at Austria's foreign ministry, gives an interview in Vienna on April 10, 2015. Over one-third of 193 U.N. member states have supported Austria's document pledging to pursue a ban on nuclear weapons, distributed to the U.N. members, according to Kmentt. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hiroshima mayor gets petition seeking talks on nuke arms ban

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (R) receives from a high school student at his office in the western Japanese city on April 16, 2015, a petition with some 60,000 signatures seeking the start of talks over a nuclear arms ban. The student is one of 10 to be dispatched to New York for a U.N. youth forum which will coincide with a conference to review the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty starting in the U.S. city on April 27. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JCP lawmaker speaks before 4.26 mil. signatures for ban on nuke weapons

Yoshiko Kira, a House of Councillors member of the Japanese Communist Party, speaks before boxes containing a total of some 4.26 million signatures calling for a total ban on all nuclear weapons in Tokyo on April 15, 2015. The signatures will be presented to the chairman of a U.N. conference on the review of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty beginning in New York from April 27. ==Kyodo

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A-bomb survivors ask for gov't nod on nuke ban document

Terumi Tanaka (L), secretary general of the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, speaks during a meeting between nongovernmental organizations and the Japanese government at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on March 24, 2015, ahead of the Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty that will be held in New York. The antinuclear weapons NGO side asked the government to endorse an Austrian document circulated among U.N. members that calls for a ban on nuclear weapons. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sales ban prolonged on wild mushrooms due to nuke crisis

Photo taken on Oct. 23, 2015, shows "kishimeji" or a type of beech mushroom growing in the wild on a mountain in Inawashiro, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Wild mushrooms in the town, about 80 kilometers west of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, were traditionally an important source of income for local farmers in autumn, but they remain banned from the market due to fears of radioactive contamination. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Locals lament prolonged sales ban on wild mushrooms due to nuke crisis

Mineko Tsukuda, owner of a mushroom shop in Inawashiro, Fukushima Prefecture, laments in an interview on Oct. 23, 2015, that business has dropped about 80 percent due to a ban on sales of local wild mushrooms imposed for fear of radioactive contamination from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant some 80 kilometers away. With little she can sell except cultivated mushrooms, Tsukuda said she is considering closing down the two-decade-old shop. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.N. head Ban commits to realize nuke-free world

NEW YORK, United States - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon speaks during an interview at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on Aug. 2, 2010, prior to his departure for Japan where he will visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Ban expressed his commitment to realize a world without nuclear weapons within his lifetime. (Kyodo)

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Ban expresses concern over Japan nuke crisis

NAIROBI, Kenya - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon speaks during a news conference in Nairobi, Kenya, on April 1, 2011, after meeting with International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Yukiya Amano. Ban expressed anxiety about the nuclear crisis in Japan. (Kyodo)

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U.N. nuke ban treaty takes effect

Lit candles read "No nukes future!" at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Jan. 22, 2021, in celebration of the coming into effect of a U.N. treaty banning nuclear weapons.

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U.N. nuke ban treaty takes effect

A participant (R) deflates a balloon, in a symbolic destruction of a nuclear warhead, during an event in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 22, 2021, to celebrate the coming into effect of a U.N. treaty banning nuclear weapons.

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U.N. nuke ban treaty takes effect

Participants deflate balloons, in a symbolic destruction of nuclear warheads, during an event in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 22, 2021, to celebrate the coming into effect of a U.N. treaty banning nuclear weapons.

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U.N. nuke ban treaty takes effect

People parade in Hiroshima on Jan. 22, 2021, holding signs and banners urging the Japanese government to join a U.N. treaty banning nuclear weapons. The treaty entered into force the same day.

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U.N. nuke ban treaty takes effect

People march in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Jan. 22, 2021, holding a banner urging the Japanese government to ratify and sign a U.N. treaty banning nuclear weapons that entered into force the same day.

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U.N. nuke ban treaty takes effect

People march in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Jan. 22, 2021, holding a banner celebrating a U.N. treaty banning nuclear weapons taking effect the same day.

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U.N. nuke ban treaty takes effect

People march in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Jan. 22, 2021, holding a banner urging the Japanese government to ratify and sign a U.N. treaty banning nuclear weapons that entered into force the same day.

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U.N. nuke ban treaty takes effect

People march in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Jan. 22, 2021, holding a banner urging the Japanese government to ratify and sign a U.N. treaty banning nuclear weapons that entered into force the same day.

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U.N. nuke ban treaty takes effect

People pray at Urakami Cathedral near the hypocenter of the 1945 atomic bombing in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki, on Jan. 22, 2021. A U.N. treaty banning nuclear weapons entered into force the same day.

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U.N. nuke ban treaty takes effect

People pray at Urakami Cathedral near the hypocenter of the 1945 atomic bombing in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki, on Jan. 22, 2021. A U.N. treaty banning nuclear weapons entered into force the same day.

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U.N. nuke ban treaty takes effect

People pray at Urakami Cathedral near the hypocenter of the 1945 atomic bombing in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki, on Jan. 22, 2021. A U.N. treaty banning nuclear weapons entered into force the same day.

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U.N. nuke ban treaty takes effect

Photo taken Jan. 22, 2021, shows a cenotaph for atomic bomb victims at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, with the Atomic Bomb Dome undergoing preservation work seen in the background. A U.N. treaty banning nuclear weapons entered into force the same day.

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U.N. nuke ban treaty takes effect

A visitor offers a prayer at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Jan. 22, 2021, with the Atomic Bomb Dome undergoing preservation work seen in the background. A U.N. treaty banning nuclear weapons entered into force the same day.

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U.N. nuke ban treaty takes effect

A visitor offers a prayer at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Jan. 22, 2021, with the Atomic Bomb Dome undergoing preservation work seen in the background. A U.N. treaty banning nuclear weapons entered into force the same day.

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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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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 Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (C) and Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue urging the government to sign and ratify a U.N treaty banning nuclear weapons set to enter into force in January 2021.