Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation

In 2022, then Prime Minister Kishida announced the establishment of the IGEP. The purpose of the meeting is to have candid discussions among experts from both nuclear weapon States and non-nuclear-weapon States, as well as those from both participating and non-participating countries in the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), with the involvement of former and incumbent political leaders of the world.
The sixth and last meeting was held in Tokyo on March 30-31, 2025 and the IGEP members issued the recommendations for the 2026 NPT Review Conference.

• Policy Speech by Prime Minister KISHIDA Fumio to the 208th Session of the Diet
• Speech by Prime Minister Kishida at the General Debate of the Tenth Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) (PDF)