HIROSHIMA -- Experts discussed ways to realize a world free of nuclear weapons at a symposium in Hiroshima held Saturday by The Yomiuri Shimbun ahead of a Group of Seven summit in the city in May.
During the symposium, titled "Toward a Nuclear-Free World -- Paths to Ensure Security," Brad Roberts, director of the Center for Global Security Research at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the United States, delivered a keynote address, followed by panel discussions among experts. A survivor of the atomic bombing in Hiroshima also talked about her own experience.
China is currently building up its nuclear capability, and Russia has continued to threaten to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine. Given these circumstances, the experts exchanged views on how to make progress toward nuclear abolition, while maintaining deterrence.
