Reflections on Hiroshima and Nuclear Threats

You brought us to your

hometown of Hiroshima,

the place

where you have your roots

and which has deeply shaped your life and leadership.

Many of your relatives lost their life when the

atomic bomb razed Hiroshima to the ground.

You have grown up with the stories of the survivors,

and you wanted us to listen

to the same stories,

to face the past and learn something

about the future.

It was a sobering start to the G7 and one that

I will not forget,

especially at a time when Russia threatens

to use nuclear weapons once again.

It is heinous,

it is dangerous,

and in the shadow of Hiroshima, it is unforgivable.

No one is better poised than Japan to warn

us of the extreme danger and of this

recklessness.

Right from the beginning of this war, Japan's position

was clear