Japan leans toward Hiroshima as G7 summit location for 2023: sources

Just hold it on some remote island, like the Senkakus, or a cruise ship. Why do these politicians have to inconvenience a whole city just to host a bunch of criminals and their lackeys?

Why of course, it’s just a show of power from those who think they’re in charge. It’s time they understand who they answer to, or get out.

While the US has the second most nukes and officially the only country to use them, UK has them, Canada had them but it is murky if they still have them, Germany has them and also host US nukes there, France has them and has killed many Pacific Islanders due to testing, Italy host US nukes, Japan hosts US nukes and some EU country’s also host them

point being, these countries have no right to hold the G7+ in Hiroshima considering the cities women and children were deliberated annihilated in a nuclear genocide. I would suggest Osaka instead.

Japan just can’t seem to miss a single opportunity to play the victim card.

The victim card again. How about holding it in Okinawa, to stress the importance of not invading sovereign states (Ryukyu Kingdom)? Since holding it in China, Korea or some Southeast Asian states isn't possible...

"The choice of Hiroshima is seen as fitting to stress the importance of peace after Russia's aggression in Ukraine and its threat of using nuclear weapons, the sources said."

The same could be said of any place that has seen war, which is everywhere. No doubt they will want to march all of the nations' leaders to the Peace Memorial Park and ask them to lay wreaths and observe moments of silence, speak to victims (or victims will just approach them anyway, with newspapers asking them what they think the leader thought Japan when they met them), and then they will not address the fact that Japan won't ratify a ban on nuclear weapons despite starting off every speech with "As the only nation to suffer a nuclear attack...".

I say if Japan chooses Hiroshima, the G7 should choose another nation to host the summit. Let Japan play the victim card while simultaneously patting themselves on the back and ignoring their part in current conflicts/arms races to some other audience.

I don't think Hiroshima (or Nagasaki) can teach the world very much about peace. Both cities have been rebuilt so there is nothing much to see. I think that Sendai would be a nice location.

Russia did not threaten to use nuclear weapons tho !

It is assumed that Russia was referring to the use of nuclear weapons.

However Putin clearly said that he would retaliate in a way never seen before.

Obviously we have witnessed the aweful atrocities of the horrific atomic bombings of Japan and the horrific atrocities of the Japanese imperial army.

Both of which i see as war crimes by both the USA and Japan.

Its innapropriate location to hold the G7 meeting in my opinion.

It would appear that Japan still holds a grudge over the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and perhaps the USA also of pearl harbor.