Outgoing Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue on Tuesday called for continuing efforts to spread awareness of the horror of nuclear weapons as he recalled his 16 years as head of the city in southwestern Japan, the site of an atomic bomb attack in World War II.Taue, who has decided to retire from politics after serving four terms, will be passing the reins to Shiro Suzuki, 55, a former transport ministry official who won Sunday's mayoral election. Taue, 66, had tapped Suzuki as his successor."It is important to continue to work with Hiroshima and convey the reality" of nuclear attacks, Taue told a …READ FULL ARTICLE
