The Japan Congress Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs (Gensuikin) held a closing session and adopted a resolution expressing opposition to recent U.S. policy, including the development of new types of nuclear weapons and a possible resumption of underground nuclear tests.

The resolution also opposed a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant under construction in the village of Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture.

Gensuikin adopted another resolution calling for the cancellation of port calls the 102,000-ton U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln will reportedly make to Sasebo port in Nagasaki Prefecture in the middle of this month.

If the flattop visits Sasebo port, it will be the first visit to the port by a U.S. nuclear aircraft carrier in 12 years, according to the group.

Gensuikin is backed by the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, the Social Democratic Party and the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), Japan's largest labor group.

Meanwhile, the Japan Council Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs (Gensuikyo), a rival antinuclear group aligned with the Japanese Communist Party, also ended its two-day meeting in Nagasaki in the afternoon.