Rede des japanischen Premierministers Shigeru Ishiba bei der Gedenkfeier in Hiroshima, 6.8.2025 (engl. Version)
Eighty years ago today, the violent explosion of a single atomic bomb deprived people said to number well more than 100,000 of their precious lives. Even those who escaped death suffered hardships beyond description.
As prime minister, I reverently express my sincere condolences to the souls who were victims of the atomic bomb. I also extend my heartfelt sympathy to those still suffering even now from the aftereffects of the atomic bomb.
It was a September day two years ago that I made my first visit to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum after it completed its renovations. Eighty years ago on that day, what was under that rising mushroom cloud? A city burned to the ground, reduced to ashes. Innocent people horrifyingly burned. People who had been relishing life until an instant before, transformed in the blink of an eye to mere silhouettes on the stonework, the consequence of a 4,000-degree blast of thermal radiation. Many of the victims were ordinary citizens. I found myself utterly speechless facing the reality that people's dreams and bright futures were stripped away from them mercilessly in a single instant.
The tragedies that ravaged Hiroshima and Nagasaki must never be repeated. While continuing to firmly uphold the “Three Non-Nuclear Principles,” Japan will lead the efforts of the international community to bring about “a world without nuclear weapons.” This is Japan's mission as the only country to have experienced the horror of nuclear devastation in war.
The widening of the division within the international community over approaches to nuclear disarmament has made the current security environment even more challenging. But that is exactly why we must make all-out efforts to bring about a world without nuclear war and a world without nuclear weapons under the regime of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), the cornerstone of the international nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation regime.
As the world prepares for next year's Review Conference of the Parties to the NPT, Japan will continue to strongly urge countries to demonstrate the spirit of dialogue and cooperation to the fullest. Moreover, based on the Hiroshima Action Plan, we will continue our efforts to identify concrete measures that should be taken jointly by both nuclear and non-nuclear weapon states.
What will serve as the foundation for making progress towards the realization of a world without nuclear weapons is accurately understanding the realities of the atomic bombings.
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