Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Education

Disarmament JAPAN
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24th United Nations Conference on
Disarmament Issues in Shizuoka
(January 2013)

Global Forum on Disarmament and
Non-Proliferation Education
(August 2012)

JAPAN'S EFFORTS ON DISARMAMENT AND NON-PROLIFERATION

As the only country to have suffered atomic bombings, Japan has been leading the international discussion on disarmament and non-proliferation. Japan has been promoting real change by calling on all nuclear weapon states to take measures toward nuclear disarmament while increasing transparency in military armaments.

• Courtesy Call on Mr. Masaji Matsuyama, Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, by Ambassador Enrique Roman-Morey, Chairman of the Third Session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2015 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference (August 23, 2013)
• Speech by H.E. Mr. Fumio Kishida, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, at the Opening Ceremony of the "Hiroshima Round Table"-Vision and Steps toward "A World without Nuclear Weapons"- (July 29, 2013)
• Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs on the Speech by President Barack Obama of the United States in Berlin (June 20, 2013)
• Signing of the Arms Trade Treaty (June 4, 2013)
• PRESS RELEASE BY THE HIGH REPRESENTATIVES OF ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA, COSTA RICA, FINLAND, JAPAN, KENYA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM (June 3, 2013)
• Acting U.S. Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Rose Gottemoeller Meets with Vice-Minister, Discusses Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (May 8, 2013)
• Second Session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2015 NPT Review Conference (Summary and Assessment)(May 3, 2013)
• Visit to Japan by Ms. Rose Gottemoeller, Acting U.S. Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security (May 2, 2013)
• STATEMENT BY MR. KENSUKE YOSHIDA DIRECTOR, ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT DIVISION MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF JAPAN SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR THE 2015 REVIEW CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO THE TREATY ON THE NON-PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS (NPT) - CLUSTER 3 SPECIFIC ISSUE: -(May 2, 2013)
• STATEMENT BY H.E. MR. MARI AMANO AMBASSADOR, PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF JAPAN TO THE CONFERENCE OF DISARMAMENT SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR THE 2015 REVIEW CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO THE TREATY ON THE NON-PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS (NPT) - CLUSTER III SPECIFIC ISSUE -(May 1, 2013)
• STATEMENT BY H.E. MR. MARI AMANO AMBASSADOR, PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF JAPAN TO THE CONFERENCE OF DISARMAMENT SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR THE 2015 REVIEW CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO THE TREATY ON THE NON-PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS (NPT) - CLUSTER III -(April 30, 2013)
• Statement by H.E. Mr. Mari Amano Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Japan to the Conference on Disarmament At the Second Session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2015 Review Conference of NPT - CLUSTER II: SPECIFIC ISSUES - - MIDDLE EAST - (April 29, 2013)
• STATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR MITSURU KITANO DIRECTOR-GENERAL, DISARMAMENT, NON-PROLIFERATION AND SCIENCE DEPARTMENT MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF JAPAN SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR THE 2015 REVIEW CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO THE TREATY ON THE NON-PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS (NPT) - CLUSTER II -(April 26, 2013)
• Detection of Xenon Exceeding Normal Concentrations at the CTBT Radionuclide Monitoring Station in Takasaki (April 23, 2013)
• Statement by Ambassador Mitsuru Kitano, Director-General, Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Science Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan at the Second Session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the NPT(April 22, 2013)（PDF））
• Statement on behalf Australia,Canada,Chile,Germany,Japan,Mexico,The Netherlands,Poland,Turkey,and the United Arab Emirates, members of Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative(NPDI)(April 22, 2013)（PDF））
• Statement of the 6th Ministerial Meeting of the NPDI [PDF] (April 9, 2013)
• The Adoption of the Arms Trade Treaty Overview and Assessment(Overview and Assessment) (April 3, 2013)

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