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Activists call for Japan s participation in nuke ban treaty
Beatrice Fihn, executive director of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize-winning International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, is pictured in Geneva on Oct. 2, 2020. (Kyodo)
Activists urged Japan on Saturday to join a U.N. treaty banning nuclear weapons, as they celebrated the coming into force of the 52-member pact as a boost for the global disarmament movement.
The next step will be to bring the Japanese government on board with the treaty, Beatrice Fihn, executive director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, said during an online event hosted by Japanese nongovernmental organization Peace Boat. ....

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