| Establishment of a lasting peace and the elimination of war from the earth is a common wish for all human beings. In accordance with the peaceful ideas outlined in the Japanese Constitution, Mito, on July 1 1985, joined other cities in Japan and in the world calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons. |
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PEACE DECLARATION A peaceful world is the wish of all humankind. The proliferation of nuclear armaments among those nations possessing such capabilities has become a threat to the very existence of mankind. As Japan is the only country which has suffered atomic bombing, we, the citizens of Mito , consider it our mission to appeal for the dismantling of the world's nuclear arsenals, and in doing so declare Mito to be a "City of Eternal Peace". By the City of Mito, Japan
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