Nagasaki mayor urges shift from nuclear-reliant security policies

The mayor of Nagasaki on Thursday urged nuclear states and countries dependent on them to shift from security policies reliant on nuclear deterrence, as the city marked the 73rd anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing.Mayor Tomihisa Taue, in his peace declaration, pressed Japan to fulfill its "moral obligation" to lead efforts toward a nuclear-free world, and also urged the government to support an international nuclear ban treaty adopted last year."I hereby ask that the Government of Japan, the only country to have suffered from the wartime use of nuclear weapons, support the Treaty on the …READ FULL ARTICLE