Japanese PM to call for keeping non-use of nukes principle

In an interview with Kyodo News, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he wants to unveil a road map toward realizing a world free of nuclear weapons, Report informs.

Kishida said he will call for the principle of no use of nuclear weapons against non-nuclear states to be maintained at a UN conference to review a nuclear nonproliferation treaty starting Monday.

The review meeting on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, the world's most widely ratified agreement on nuclear arms controls, will be held at a time when Russia has been dangling a nuclear threat as its war in Ukraine continues.

Kishida acknowledged that the debate on the need for nuclear disarmament has been losing steam. He added, "I would like to reverse (this trend)" by attending a part of the conference, which runs from Monday to Aug. 26.