Courtesy Call on Parliamentary Vice-Minister FUJII by Ms. Yokota, Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture

On November 11, from 2:35 PM for approximately 15 minutes, Mr. FUJII Kazuhiro, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, received a courtesy call from Ms. Mika Yokota, Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture.

1. At the outset, Governor Yokota handed Parliamentary Vice-Minister FUJII a petition on strengthening efforts toward the abolition of nuclear weapons and provided an overview of the petition.
2. In response, Parliamentary Vice-Minister FUJII stated that he has taken the petition seriously, while introducing the efforts by the Government of Japan regarding its foreign policy in the area of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation. Following this, the two sides exchanged views including on efforts towards a world without nuclear weapons.