Hiroshima wants to withdraw Pokémon homage zone to the victims of the atomic bomb – Express

The Japanese town of Hiroshima asked the game operator mobile ‘Pokémon Go’ to remove the targets creatures game Peace Park City, which honors the victims of the atomic bomb in 1945.

local authorities asked the Niantic company, a partner of Nintendo and the Pokémon company in the creation of the game, to eliminate ‘pokeparadas’ and ‘gyms’ existing in augmented reality game, the area that suffered the first nuclear attack in history, according to communication Japanese social.

the town located in the west of the island state wants to eliminate the virtual beings until August 6, day 71 anniversary of the explosion of the atomic bomb and the occasion for a tribute ceremony, the authorities fear be affected because of the game.

About 30 park locations are highlighted in the game as interactive event venues and meetings between players and three are ‘gyms’ for’ Pokemon ‘(‘ animals “that players must take and train to fight each other), including the Peace Memorial Genbaku Domu monument that stood in the disaster and which is considered a symbol of the devastation.

the city government Hiroshima argued in the letter to Nintendo that the facilities “are meant to pray for peace, something that the situation is difficult.”

the government also objects that the people cluster may cause a “loss atmosphere and memorial own tranquility. “

Hiroshima has put ten posters in Peace Park to appeal to players that give the phone a responsible and careful use.

Other Japanese localities have also called for the withdrawal of the game of land as Nagasaki, which was also the target of an atomic bomb on August 9, 1945.

Other entities that do not want to be integrated into the maps augmented reality game are the Court Japan’s Supreme, who wants to prevent the ‘Pokemon’ appearing in 486 courts or the owner of the Fukushima nuclear plant, Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO).

the TEPCO company made the request after finding a the game of virtual beings was in your area, so you want to avoid intrusions as in Ohio nuclear plant in the United States of America, where three teenagers transgressed the restricted area of ​​the industrial establishment.