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Campaign to collect 10 million signatures to abolish nuclear arms |
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JTUC-RENGO
has begun to stand on streets all over the country, gathering signatures
on a petition to abolish nuclear arms. The campaigns have been conducted
in cooperation with the Japan Council against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs
and the National Council for Peace and Against Nuclear Weapons.
The goal is to collect 10 million signatures to be brought to the upcoming
meeting to re-examine the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) held in
2010. |
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On Oct. 1st,
Rengo President Takagi stood on the street in front of Shinjuku JR station
in Tokyo, calling for signatures.
Takagi directly appealed to passers-by "There are more than 21,000
nuclear warheads all over the world and human beings are always under the
threat of nuclear weapons. We are working on gathering 10million signatures
which will be submitted to the Japanese government and the United Nations.
The enormous quantity of signatures will help advance the NTP. Thank you
for your cooperation"
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