Japan learned from the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that the tragedy wrought by nuclear weapons must never be repeated and that humanity and nuclear weapons cannot coexist.

We must take steps to prevent further nuclear weapons development or modernization.

So long as nuclear weapons continue to exist, so will the temptation to threaten others with overwhelming military force.

The crucial thing is to arouse the awareness that as a matter of human conscience we can never permit the people of any country to fall victim to nuclear weapons, and for each individual to express their refusal to continue living in the shadow of the threat they pose.

We are categorically against proliferation of nuclear weapons.

Japan is the only country in the world which suffered from the scourge of nuclear weapons.