Letters of Protest, etc.

Letters of Protest

Nuclear testing is linked to the development of nuclear weapons. The City of Hiroshima issues a formal letter of protest against all such tests, including subcritical nuclear tests. The protest is sent directly to the country responsible. These protests began on September 9, 1968, after the French test of a hydrogen bomb. To date, 614 formal protests have been issued. Prohibiting nuclear testing may not be a direct form of nuclear disarmament, but it does inhibit efforts to improve weapon performance or develop new nuclear weapons. Thus, we regard the test ban as the point of departure for nuclear disarmament.

Beginning on July 16, 1945, when the US conducted the first test of an atomic weapon, nuclear-weapon states have conducted more than 2,000 nuclear weapon tests.

Protest letter against the US subcritical nuclear test (April 13, 2022)

Number of Protest Letters by Country and Year

Letters of Protest in Past Years

　2021-    2011-2020　　2006-2010　　2001-2005　　1996-2000　　1991-1995　　1968-1990　　　　　

Letters of Request

Letter of Request to US President Biden to Visit the Atomic Bombed Cities (March 22, 2022)
 (Courtesy of Cabinet Public Relations Office)  

Letter of Request to Prime Minister Kishida Regarding the TPNW (November 18, 2021)

 (Courtesy of Cabinet Public Relations Office) 

Letter of Request to IOC President Bach （July 28, 2021）

Letter of Request to US President Biden to Visit the Atomic Bombed Cities (January 21, 2021)

Letter of Request to Japanese Foreign Minister Regarding the TPNW (November 20, 2020)

Letters to US and Russian Presidents (INF Treaty, Jan. 30, 2019)
        　　　　
US Embassy in Tokyo （Feb. 2019）　　　　　 Russian Embassy in Tokyo（Feb. 2019）

Letters of Request in Past Years

Letters of Request to G20 Leaders and Foreign Ministers (Feb. 2019)
Letter to Pope Francis to visit the atomic bombed cities  (Nov. 15, 2017)
Letter to US President to visit the atomic bombed cities (Oct. 5, 2017 [PDFファイル／84KB]

Mayor's Comments

Ｃomment from the Mayor Regarding President Putin's Statements about the Use of Nuclear Weapons (Feb. 25, 2022)
Comment from the Mayor Regarding the First Anniversary of the TPNW (Jan. 21, 2022)
Comment from the Mayor Regarding the 2020 US Presidential Election Result (Nov. 9, 2020)
Comment from the Mayor Regarding 50th Ratification of the TPNW (Oct. 25, 2020)

Inquiries about this page

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