Overview
- President Donald J. Trump said on social media that he directed the Pentagon to conduct a nuclear weapons test, a claim reported by multiple outlets.
- The Pugwash world conference opened in Hiroshima on November 1, with its leadership visiting the Peace Memorial Museum and voicing opposition to any move toward testing.
- Hibakusha groups in Hiroshima and Nagasaki criticized the reported directive, saying it tramples the feelings of atomic‑bomb survivors.
- Commentary in Japanese media cautioned that resuming U.S. explosive testing would weaken the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty norm and undermine nonproliferation efforts.
- Separately, Fukushima Prefecture ran a nuclear‑disaster drill simulating a water‑level loss at the Fukushima Daini Unit 4 spent‑fuel pool, with four prefectural disaster‑base hospitals participating for the first time.