World War II Atomic Bombing Survivor Hopes Donald Trump Supports The World Without Nuclear Weapons

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JAKARTA - Atomic bomb survivors Hiroshima and Thom, Japan in World War II on Wednesday expressed concern that former President Donald Trump, who has won the United States presidential election, will be passive about global nuclear removal and calls for the new leader to embrace the nuclear-free world.

"Trump may believe the world is stable because of nuclear weapons," said Toshihek Mimaki, 82, who heads the Hiroshima Prefectural Atomic Bomb Victim Organization, as reported by Kyodo News November 8.

"It is difficult to predict which direction the United States will move, but as a hibakusha (victims of survivors from atomic bombs in Hiroshima andmen), we just want him to target a world without nuclear weapons," he continued.

Trump, who is paired with Republican JD Vance, won the presidential election on Tuesday, ahead of rivals from the Democratic Party, incumbent Vice President Kamala Harris and Team Walz, after winning more than 270 electoral votes, a minimum limit to winning the contest, although there has been no official announcement.

His victory follows the awarding of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize to Nilon Hidankyo, Japan's leading atomic bomb survivors organization, by the Norwegian Nobel Committee last month amid growing concerns that the nuclear weapons taboo is starting to come under threat.

"He looks like a conservative and warlike person. Based on his behavior in the past, I believe it is impossible for him to take a stand against nuclear abolition, and the path to peace and elimination will move backwards," said Koichi Kabano, chairman of the Hibakusha Liaison Board from the HOMEcoming Prefecture Peace Movement Center.

"I believe (Prime Minister of Shigeru Ishiba) needs to keep his distance and be clear about what is right and what is wrong, rather than just following him," added the 84-year-old man.