Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi attended the Nagasaki Peace Park ceremony on Aug. 9 marking the 81st anniversary of the atomic bombing. In remarks she repeated the wording used at the Aug. 6 Hiroshima memorial and again used ambiguous language on th

2026-08-09

Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi attended the Nagasaki Peace Park ceremony on Aug. 9 marking the 81st anniversary of the atomic bombing. In remarks she repeated the wording used at the Aug. 6 Hiroshima memorial and again used ambiguous language on the Three Non‑Nuclear Principles, without explicitly saying Japan will continue to adhere to them.