The ruling and opposition parties have decided to set up a suprapartisan group for the abolition of nuclear weapons at the request of the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, or Nihon Hidankyo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/japan/suprapartisan-group-nuclear-abolition/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nihonhidankyo #nuclearweapons #atomicbombings #ldp #cdp
Producer and actor Mayu Iwasaki is passionate about bringing Japanese stories to the English-language stage that go beyond stereotypes of geisha and ninja-like characters. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/08/22/stage/hisashi-inoue-play-english/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #stage #nihonhidankyo #theater #omusubiproductions #hisashiinoue #rogerpulvers #mayuiwasaki #hiroshima
Nuclear deterrence "cannot save humanity," a senior member of a group of hibakusha atomic bomb survivors said in a video speech at a meeting of scientists in Chicago on Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/17/japan/hidankyo-nuke-weapons-us-speech/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nuclearweapons #atomicbombings #nihonhidankyo #masakowada