Japan PM says nuclear attack by Russia to be “act of hostility against humanity”

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said any use of nuclear weapons by the Russian Federation against Ukraine would be seen as an "act of hostility against humanity."

That’s according to RFE/RL, Ukrinform reports.

"Russia's act of threatening the use of nuclear weapons is a serious threat to the peace and security of the international community and absolutely unacceptable," said Kishida, who is now visiting Australia.

The 77-year period of no nuclear weapons use "must not be ended," according to the prime minister.

"If nuclear weapons were ever used, that would be an act of hostility against humanity...the international community will never allow such an act," Kisihda stressed, referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin's nuclear allusions as "deeply disturbing."

In May 2023, Kishida is expected to host G7 leaders in Hiroshima, where a U.S. nuclear bomb was dropped on August 6, 1945, killing 140,000, while the city of Nagasaki was hit three days later.

After Russia invaded Ukraine, Putin has made several thinly veiled threats about his readiness to use tactical nuclear weapons against Ukraine.