Japan will not attend the United Nations Conference on the treaty banning nuclear weapons. A top official of the country gave this information on Monday.
The official said that being equipped with the nuclear capacity of America is important for the safety of Japan and the participation of Tokyo in the conference will give a ‘wrong message’.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi told reporters in Tokyo that Japan would not attend the conference starting on Monday in New York due to its national security concerns.
Hayashi said, “Atomic capacity is unavoidable to protect people’s life and assets as well as the peace and sovereignty of Japan,” Hayashi said.
He said that Japan’s involvement as an observer at the conference would send a wrong message about Japan’s policy on “nuclear capacity (support) and will obstruct the efforts of Tokyo to maintain peace and security.”
The United Nations Treaty was approved in 2017 on nuclear weapons. It was implemented in 2021 after a campaign for decades to stop the repetition of US nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II.
Despite being the only country facing nuclear attacks, Japan has refused to sign the treaty, as it says it is not possible to achieve its goal without the participation of any nuclear weapon nation.
Hayashi said that participating as an observer would hinder Japan’s attempt to gain support to strengthen the non -proliferation treaty and also affect the attempts for nuclear disarmament. He did not give any more information about the future steps of Japan.
