Japan A-bomb survivor groups protest Trump nuclear test order


IFILE PHOTO: In this photo taken on February 27, 2025, Shizuko Nishio, who turned 86 on March 10, shows a model of an incendiary bomb that was mainly used in the air raid on March 10, 1945, at The Centre of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage in Tokyo. At least 80,000 people died, and likely more than 100,000, according to Japanese and US historians. - AFP

TOKYO: A Japanese atomic bomb survivors group that won the Nobel Peace Prize has strongly criticised US President Donald Trump's surprise directive to begin nuclear weapons testing, calling it "utterly unacceptable".

More than 200,000 people were killed when the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan's Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II, the only time nuclear weapons have been used during warfare.

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