Rising Nuclear-Weapons Risks Overshadow G-7’s Push for Disarmament at Hiroshima

Russia’s brinkmanship and China’s growing arsenal worry U.S. and allies

Group of Seven leaders meeting in Hiroshima, Japan, were joined by President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, where Russia has threatened to use tactical nuclear weapons. /Bloomberg News

HIROSHIMA, Japan—The specter of the world’s first nuclear attack hung over the weekend’s Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima. World leaders laid wreaths at the memorial in the city, where a plaque reads: “Let all the souls here rest in peace, for we shall not repeat the evil.”

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