Proliferation
Bulletin of Atomic Scientists says world is (a little) safer
Here’s an article I wrote for YES! Magazine (reprinted with permission): In recognition of progress toward creating a safer world, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists turned back its famed Doomsday Clock by one minute. The clock now is set at 6 minutes to midnight. In 1951, when the U.S. conducted this atomic test at the... »
No Biden talk
On a trip earlier this month, Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba addressed U.S. counterparts on efforts to stop nuclear proliferation. But, as the Hiroshima Peace Media Center reported, he didn’t get a chance to lobby top Obama administration officials for a presidential visit. Vice President Joe Biden and other officials were supposed to go to the... »
Hiroshima mayor to visit U.S.
Hiroshima’s Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba will travel to the United States next week on a trip that will include a speech to American mayors about the anti-nuclear and peace movement. Akiba has good connections in the United States and could have opportunities to take the ties to higher levels in preparation for an important U.N.... »
Proliferation, or nonproliferation
The larger issue behind North Korea’s nuclear testing is whether the world’s existing atomic powers insist on keeping their arsenals. Thanks to YES! Magazine, I got a chance to write about that from Hiroshima perspective. The article, brings together the North Korean tests, Hiroshima’s perspective and the plea for nuclear disarmament from 17 Nobel Peace... »
North Korea’s test
The nuclear test by North Korea has caused dismay, anxiety and anger among survivors of the atomic attack on Hiroshima. One of the national daily papers, Mainichi Shimbun, sent a reporter to interview one of my favorite sources for my 1986 reporting here, former teacher Suzuko Numata. Mainichi had a nice, large picture of her.... »
In neglected news…
Along with counterparts elsewhere, the Japanese media are going full bore into stories about the new flu. Even so, Hiroshima’s paper managed to give big coverage this week to atomic weapons, which (unlike even the most brutal flus) humankind won’t necessarily survive. The Chugoku Shimbun broke a story this week about 17 Nobel Peace Prize... »
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