According to a recent poll, around two-thirds of Japanese atomic explosion survivors do not believe that the next G7 conference in Hiroshima would result in any real advancements towards nuclear disarmament.
According to a study conducted by Kyodo News and carried on Saturday by the Xinhua news agency, 67.4% of the 521 respondents had low hopes for a future free of nuclear weapons, which was a major focus of the affluent club’s annual conference.
The survey was sent to around 1,400 victims and survivors of the world’s first nuclear explosions, which the US detonated on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
A total of 22.2% of those polled said that every respondent either has nuclear weapons or is covered by nuclear accords.
Only 2.1% of respondents said Japan has been successful in playing the role of a bridge between nuclear and non-nuclear states, which is a setback to Kishida’s goal.
According to Kyodo News, the Japanese government’s decision to abstain from signing the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is the cause of the lack of trust.
When asked what they wanted most from the government, 47.4% of respondents said that they wanted Japan to join the pact as soon as possible.
As of the end of March 2022, there were 118,935 officially certified atomic bomb survivors, with an average age of 84.53, according to Japan’s Ministry of Health.
