Japan A-bomb survivor, activists press nations to ratify nuke ban pact

A Japanese atomic-bomb survivor joined activists and diplomats Monday to press Japan and other countries to quickly ratify a landmark treaty banning nuclear weapons."None of them having (nuclear) weapons will contribute towards having peace," Tokuko Kimura, 82, said to an audience at a New York event. She was 10 when the United States dropped an atomic bomb over Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 1945, three days after detonating another device over Hiroshima.Akira Kawasaki, international steering group member of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, which won this year's Nobel Peace Priz…READ FULL ARTICLE