Japan
First appears in Book 1: Intervention, chapter 28 (6)
Appearances
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What you know
Book 1: Intervention
- Ch 28Japan was the only people to experience atomic bombing, at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and has called for the elimination of nuclear weapons.
- Ch 28When the UN Charter was signed in 1945, Japan was fighting a desperate, lonely war against over forty Allied countries.
Connections
- led byYasuhiro NakasonePrime Minister
- includesHiroshima
- includesNagasaki
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 28Nakasone addresses the United Nations
On 23 October 1985 Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone tells the UN General Assembly that Japan regrets its wartime militarism, calls for nuclear disarmament and peaceful use of nuclear energy, and warns against environmental destruction.