A-bomb survivors rejoice as U.N. nuke ban treaty takes effect

Survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki rejoiced as a U.N. treaty banning nuclear weapons took effect Friday, hoping it will advance the cause of denuclearization, while some reiterated their disappointment with the Japanese government, which has not ratified it.Speaking at a press conference in Tokyo attended by government officials, Terumi Tanaka, co-chairperson of the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, celebrated the first multilateral nuclear disarmament treaty in decades and said the group had handed requests to the government and poli…READ FULL ARTICLE