Jun Nojima News Today

A violin that was owned by a Russian and miraculously survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima has been given a second life as a memento of the atrocity and a symbol of a desire for peace.

VIENNA--Japan, the only country that experienced an atomic bombing, was notably absent as the first meeting of parties to the U.N. Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons opened here on June 21.