Majority of A-bomb survivors want Japan to join nuke ban treaty

A large majority of the survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki believe Japan should join a U.N. treaty to ban nuclear weapons, according to a Kyodo News poll, underscoring discontent with the government's opposition to the agreement.The poll, released on Saturday ahead of the 73rd anniversary of the bombings next month, also showed that more than 60 percent of the survivors do not discuss their experiences due to old age or reluctance to recall the tragedy.The issue of passing on the memory of the 1945 bombings has become more urgent, with those who witnessed the ho…READ FULL ARTICLE