(May 30, 1998, The Chugoku Shimbun)

On May 29th, the day after Pakistan's nuclear test, groups of survivors and peace activists went out on the street and protested by holding a sit-in and a street demonstration on May 29, 1998. Anti-nuclear feelings and anger for Pakistan's nuclear test increased because it was done willfully despite world opinion.

Hiroshima Prefectural Confederation Of Sufferers Organizations (President Sake Ito) and Hiroshima Prefectural Council Against A and H Bombs and other groups, a total of 13 groups and 120 people sat in from 18:00 for 30 minutes at the A-bomb Cenotaph in the Peace Memorial Park.

Director Sunao Tsuboi of Hiroshima Prefectural Confederation Of Sufferers Organizations appealed to the participants, "Our regret is so deep that we couldn't prevent it from happening. We need to collaborate with NGOs and draw more attention to this matter in order to activate world opinion."

Another Hiroshima Prefectural Confederation Of Sufferers Organizations (President Kazushi Kaneko), Hiroshima Council Against A and H Bombs and a total of 8 groups, approximately 200 people started to hold a sit-in from a little after 12:00 PM in front of the cenotaph. They put up a rather large cloth on which their slogan was written, "We absolutely oppose Pakistan's nuclear tests". They appealed that it's inevitable to take the necessary measures toward a new international treaty to take place of the Non-Nuclear Proliferation Treaty.

A citizen's group, Hiroshima Peace Ribbon Group (Representative Miyoko Watanabe), along with students on a school excursion, held a line of ribbon (30 pieces tied together) which read, "Ban the Nuclear Test". They condemned the Pakistan government in front of the cenotaph. Peace Link Hiroshima/Kure/Iwakuni (Organizer Noriko Miki) expressed their anger by holding a sit-in in front of the A- bomb Dome.

A circle of protest spread throughout the prefecture. In Yoshida Town, Yoshida Province, thirty members from an association of survivors and 22 members from Kouda Town's labor union for their official employees held a sit-in to protest Pakistan's action. "Why isn't the voice of the A-bombed City taken into their consideration? Leaders of the groups kept their faces stiff.

There was a rally of protest in the peace park of Miyoshizaka Town, Miyoshizaka Province held by a group hoping for peace. In the rally, 84 people including students of Miyoshizaka Junior High School held a sit in. Their message was, "Let's continue our protest until all the nuclear weapons are gone in the world." They sent a letter of protest to the embassy of Pakistan by mail.

A sit-in protest was held in the eastern area of the prefecture. 30 people from a group "Network of men/women to desire a peace in Fukuyama district" held a sit-in at the Chuoh Park in Fukuyama City. Sit-in protests were held mainly by labor unions in Fukuyama City, Onomichi City and Innoshima City and so on.