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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
TOKYO, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) — Okinawa Governor Danny Tamaki said on Monday that the Japanese people are categorically opposed to revising the Three Non-Nuclear Principles and any other steps that run counter to efforts to eliminate nuclear weapons, local media reported.
In response to reports that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is considering revising the Three Non-Nuclear Principles, Tamaki noted that Japan is the only country to have been subjected to atomic bombings, and people will say "no" to such a move.
"Understanding the people's desire to eliminate nuclear weapons is the Prime Minister's responsibility," Tamaki said, adding that he hoped the government would give due consideration to the issue.
Nagasaki Governor Kengo Oishi also voiced his disagreement at a press conference the same day, emphasizing that Takaichi's thoughts on revising the principles were completely unacceptable for a place devastated by the atomic bombing.
The Three Non-Nuclear Principles, which include the renunciation of the possession, production, and importation of nuclear weapons into Japan, were first announced in the Japanese Diet in 1967 by then-Prime Minister Eisaku Sato and were regarded as a national credo. –0–
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