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80 years after Hiroshima, hopes for nuclear disarmament mix with fear
Society
Polls show weaker US support for 1945 bombings, worries about future use
The share of Americans who believe the U.S. should not have used nuclear weapons against Japan topped 30% in 2024. (U.S. Army via Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum)
YUKI SAKURADA and MINAMI NAKATA
TOKYO -- Eight decades after the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, survivors' accounts of their experiences are helping to shape a public taboo around future use of nuclear weapons, while geopolitical tensions stoke fear that they could be deployed again.
