Japan slams Trump’s Hiroshima-Nagasaki comparison to Iran strikes

Japan has strongly condemned US President Donald Trump for comparing recent American airstrikes on Iran to the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that ended World War II. About one lakh 40 thousand people died when the US dropped nuclear bombs on the two Japanese cities in 1945. Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki said Trump’s comments were deeply regrettable and could be seen as justifying the use of nuclear weapons. Trump’s remarks were called unacceptable by several survivors. Survivors held a protest in Hiroshima on Thursday, demanding that Trump retract his comments.Terumi Tanaka, who represents Nihon Hidankyo (the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations), called Trump’s remarks “out of line.” 
The Hiroshima city assembly on June 26 unanimously passed a resolution stating, “As the atomic-bombed city of Hiroshima, we must never overlook or tolerate statements that justify the dropping of the atomic bombs or situations that threaten civil liberties.” Mimaki Toshiyuki, co-chair of Nihon Hidankyo, said he could not help but wonder why the US president made such comments, and called them "unacceptable" for people like him who had lost so many of their loved ones and struggled to rebuild their devastated homeland.
Trump compared US airstrikes on Iran's nuclear sites to the WWII bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, claiming both instances brought a quick resolution. "I don't want to use an example of Hiroshima, I don't want to use an example of Nagasaki, but that was essentially the same thing. That ended that war," Trump said Wednesday during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in The Hague. The US dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, killing 140,000 people. A second bomb hit Nagasaki on Aug. 9, killing an additional 70,000 victims. Japan surrendered days later, ending World War II.