Hiroshima [Japan], May 19 (ANI): A Buddhist monk from Japan named Toyoshige Sekiguchi on Friday staged a protest outdoors the G7 International Media Centre in Hiroshima. Holding a placard, Toyoshige Sekiguchi urged world leaders for shunning using nuclear weapons.
Speaking to ANI, the Buddhist monk mentioned, “Speaking to ANI, the Buddhist monk said, “My identify is Toyoshige Sekiguchi and I’m from Japan. I’m standing for praying for peace and for abolishing nuclear weapons.”Speaking about the Hiroshima tragedy, he said, “In 1945, August 6, one atomic bomb was dropped in Hiroshima. Many individuals died and so we do not like all extra tragedy in different international locations on the earth. So, I’ll go to the G20 summit in New Delhi for abolishing nuclear weapons.”Toyoshige Sekiguchi said that he will travel to New Delhi for praying and hoped of travelling to India for attending the G20 Summit in September. He called Mahatma Gandhi a “essential particular person” in the world. In his message, Toyoshige Sekiguchi said, “we must always dwell in peace.”Hiroshima was the first military target of a nuclear weapon in human history. This occurred on August 6, 1945, in the Pacific theatre during World War II, when the United States Army Air Forces dropped the atomic bomb “Little Boy” on town. Most of Hiroshima was destroyed, and by the top of the 12 months between 90,000 and 166,000 had died because of the blast, radiation publicity and its results. The Hiroshima Peace Memorial (a UNESCO World Heritage Site) serves as a memorial of the bombing.
Group of Seven (G7) leaders are presently in Japan to attend the G7 Summit scheduled to be held in Hiroshima from May 19-21. On Friday, the G7 leaders laid wreaths on the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Japan’s Hiroshima. They additionally planted saplings at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park.
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park (Genbaku Dome) – the one construction left standing within the space, depicting the aftermath the place the world’s first atomic bomb was dropped on town on August 6, 1945. After laying wreaths on the Hiroshima Memorial, the G7 leaders posed for an image collectively.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, European Council President Charles Michel, US President Joe Biden, Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni, French President Emmanuel Macron, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen posed for the image.
The G7 includes Japan, Italy, Canada, France, the US, the UK and Germany. Japan below its G7 Presidency has invited leaders from Australia, Brazil, Comoros, Cook Islands, India, Indonesia, South Korea and Vietnam, in accordance with the assertion. (ANI)