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Wednesday 10 august 2022
Nagasaki marks A-bombing anniversary amid nuclear war fears

By MARI YAMAGUCHI bolden China to be even
Associated Press more assertive in East Asia,
TOKYO (AP) — Nagasaki and the government is
paid tribute to the victims pushing to further step up
of the U.S. atomic bomb- its military capability and
ing 77 years ago on Aug. spending.
9, with the mayor saying Japan renounces its own
Russia’s war on Ukraine possession, production or
showed the world that an- hosting of nuclear weap-
other nuclear attack is not ons, but as a U.S. ally Ja-
just a worry but “a tangible pan hosts 50,000 American
and present crisis.” troops and is protected
Mayor Tomihisa Taue, in by the U.S. nuclear um-
his speech Tuesday at the brella. Still, Russia’s nuclear
Nagasaki Peace Park, said threat has prompted some
nuclear weapons can be hawkish lawmakers in the
used as long as they exist, governing party have also
and their elimination is the proposed a possibility of
only way to save the future nuclear sharing with the
of humankind. United States. Taue said
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine discussions about nuclear
and threat of nuclear disarmament and non-
weapons use came only a proliferation over the past
month after it and four oth- Doves fly over the Peace Statue during a ceremony to mark the 77th anniversary of the U.S. decades have not been
er nuclear powers pledged atomic bombing at the Peace Park in Nagasaki, southern Japan, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022. put into practice and trust
in a statement that nucle- Associated Press in the 1968 Treaty on the
ar war should never be vited to the memorial event Participants, including dip- gan in February. Russia last Non-Proliferation of Nucle-
fought, Taue noted. in Nagasaki. lomats from nuclear states, week shelled a Ukrainian ar Weapons has become
“This has shown the world The United States dropped observed a moment of si- city close to Europe’s larg- “tenuous.”
that the use of nuclear the world’s first atomic lence at 11:02 a.m., the est nuclear plant. “We must recognize that
weapons is not a ground- bomb on Hiroshima on Aug. moment the bomb ex- Prime Minister Fumio Kishi- ridding ourselves of nuclear
less fear but a tangible and 6, 1945, destroying the city ploded above the south- da said, “Even though we weapons is the only realistic
present crisis,” he said. The and killing 140,000 people. ern Japanese city on Aug. face a severe security en- way of protecting the Earth
belief that nuclear weap- It dropped a second bomb 9, 1945. Although Russia vironment, we must pursue and humankind’s future,”
ons can be possessed not three days later on Naga- last week tried to roll back the history of non-nuclear Taue said.
for actual use but for deter- saki, killing another 70,000. on Putin’s warning, fears use and make Nagasaki Taue urged Japan’s gov-
rence “is a fantasy, nothing Japan surrendered on Aug. of a third atomic bombing the last place of nuclear ernment to exercise lead-
more than a mere hope.” 15, ending World War II and have grown amid Russia’s attack.” ership in pursuing peace di-
As in Hiroshima, Russia and Japan’s nearly half-century threats of nuclear attack Japanese officials worry plomacy that does not rely
its ally Belarus were not in- of aggression in Asia. since its war on Ukraine be- that the conflict may em- on nuclear deterrence. q

Deputy Secretary Sherman says U.S. ‘doubling down’ on Pacific

By NICK PERRY U.S. earlier this year an- commemorating the Battle tion. She said it has been choose between us and
Associated Press nounced plans to reopen of Guadalcanal that Sher- a priority for President Joe China, or any other country
WELLINGTON, New Zealand an embassy in the Solo- man she and other digni- Biden to rebuild alliances and China.”
(AP) — The United States mons, where on Sunday taries attended. and relationships around She said the U.S. wanted a
is doubling down on its in- Prime Minister Manasseh Sherman said the U.S. has the world, and officials level playing field and re-
vestment in the Pacific, U.S. Sogavare skipped a service always been a Pacific na- were using “every vehicle spect for the rules-based
Deputy Secretary of State possible” to collaborate international order that
Wendy Sherman said Tues- with Pacific partners. was put in place after
day as she concluded a “And so we are doubling World War II, a system that
five-nation visit to the re- down on our investment had helped China rise and
gion where China has been here in the Pacific,” Sher- which ought to benefit all
making inroads. man said. “Our relation- nations.
“The future will be written ships, our partnerships, re- Sherman said she had dis-
here in the Pacific,” Sher- gional organizations.” cussed China among a
man said at an agreement- Asked if she felt the U.S. number of topics in a meet-
signing event in New Zea- or China was winning the ing with New Zealand Prime
land’s capital, Wellington. battle for influence in the Minister Jacinda Ardern.
Critics have accused the region, Sherman said she Sherman signed agree-
U.S. of neglecting the re- didn’t see it quite that way. ments to collaborate more
gion and allowing China’s “It’s not so much a battle,” closely with New Zealand
influence to flourish. she said. “I think that coun- on space missions and
The Solomon Islands in April tries try to have relations emergency management.
signed a security pact with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, left, hands New with every country they be- It was the final stop on a trip
Zealand Economic and Regional Development Minister Stuart
China in a move that has Nash a NASA t-shirt Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022, during an agreement- lieve will help them move that had taken her to Sa-
alarmed many in the Pa- signing event in Wellington, New Zealand. forward. moa, Tonga, the Solomon
cific who fear it could lead Associated Press And the United States does Islands and Australia.q
to a military buildup. The not ask any country to