Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation
September 4, 2025
Topics
- Webinar on the International Group of Eminent Persons for a World without Nuclear Weapons (IGEP) “Towards a World without Nuclear Weapons” (August 12, 2025)
- Japan-UK Consultation on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (July 25, 2025)
- Foreign Minister Iwaya’s participation in the side event on the International Group of Eminent Persons for a World without Nuclear Weapons (April 28, 2025)
- Foreign Minister Iwaya’s Statement at the General Debate of the Third Session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2026 NPT Review Conference (April 28, 2025)
- The Public Event of the International Group of Eminent Persons for a World Without Nuclear Weapons (April 1, 2025)
- The Sixth Meeting of the International Group of Eminent Persons for a World Without Nuclear Weapons (March 31, 2025)
- Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Ishiba by Participants of the sixth Meeting of the International Group of Eminent Persons for a World without Nuclear Weapons (March 31, 2025)
- Foreign Minister Iwaya's Attendance at the Opening Session of the sixth Meeting of the International Group of Eminent Persons for a World without Nuclear Weapons (March 30, 2025)
- The Fifth Meeting of the International Group of Eminent Persons for a World without Nuclear Weapons (IGEP) (November 8, 2024)
- Eleventh Ministerial Meeting of the Friends of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) (September 25, 2024)
- High-Level Launch Meeting of the Friends of a Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty (FMCT) (September 23, 2024)
- Japan-UK Consultation on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (September 11, 2024)
- The Fourth Meeting of the International Group of Eminent Persons for a World without Nuclear Weapons (IGEP) (May 22, 2024)
- The Third Meeting of the International Group of Eminent Persons for a World without Nuclear Weapons (IGEP) (December 9, 2023)
- Japan-Iran Consultation on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Issues (November 29, 2023)
- The 2nd Meeting of the Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction Working Group (Summary) (November 10, 2023)
- The 9th Japan-U.S. Non-Proliferation Dialogue (October 12, 2023)
- 2023 Nuclear Suppliers Group Plenary Meeting Buenos Aires, Argentina (July 28, 2023)
- G7 Leaders’ Hiroshima Vision on Nuclear Disarmament (English (PDF)
/ Japanese (PDF)) (May 19, 2023) - Statement of the G7 Non-Proliferation Directors Group (April 17, 2023)
- The 1st Meeting of the Global Partnership Working Group (Summary of Results) (March 9-10, 2023)
- Speech by H.E. HAYASHI Yoshimasa, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, at the High-Level Segment of the Conference on Disarmament (February 28, 2023)
- The 8th Japan-U.S. Non-Proliferation Dialogue (October 27, 2022)
- The Tenth NPT Review Conference (Statement by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa)(August 27, 2022)
- Prime Minister Kishida Attends the Tenth Review Conference of the Parties to the NPT(July 31-August 1, 2022)
- Exchange of views between Assistant to the Prime Minister TERADA Minoru and Ambassador of Australia for Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Ian BIGGS (April11, 2022)
- Exchange of views between Assistant to the Prime Minister TERADA Minoru and Minister of State of the United Kingdom the Rt Hon James CLEVERLY (January18, 2022)
- 5th Ministerial Meeting of the Stockholm Initiative for Nuclear Disarmament and the Non-Proliferation Treaty (December 15, 2021)
- The Adoption of the Draft Resolution on the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons submitted by Japan in the Plenary Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly (December 7, 2021)
- Japan-UK Consultation on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Issues (July 28, 2021)
- 4th Ministerial Meeting of the Stockholm Initiative for Nuclear Disarmament and the Non-Proliferation Treaty (July 6, 2021)
- The 2nd Track 1.5 Meeting for Substantive Advancement of Nuclear Disarmament(March 9, 2021)
- 3rd Ministerial Meeting of the Stockholm Initiative for Nuclear Disarmament and the Non-Proliferation Treaty (January 7, 2021)
- The Adoption of the Draft Resolution on Nuclear Disarmament submitted by Japan in the Plenary Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly (December 8, 2020)
Nuclear Disarmament
Treaties
- The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)
- The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT)
- The Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty (FMCT)
Multilateral Fora
United Nations
- 78th Session of the General Assembly
- Statement at the First Committee of the 78th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations (General Debate) (October 5, 2023) (PDF)
- Statement at the First Committee of the 78th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations (Nuclear Weapons) (October 16, 2023) (PDF)
- Statement at the First Committee of the 78th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations (Other Weapons of mass destruction) (October 18, 2023) (PDF)
- Statement at the First Committee of the 78th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations (Outer Space) (October 20, 2023) (PDF)
- Statement at the First Committee of the 78th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations (Conventional Weapons) (October 23, 2023) (PDF)
- Statement at the First Committee of the 78th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations (Other Disarmament Measures and International Security) (October 24, 2023) (PDF)
- Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Resolutions
Other Fora
Other
- Statement at the First Committee of the 78th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations (General Debate) (October 5, 2023) (PDF)
DISARMAMENT AND NON-PROLIFERATION EDUCATION
- Overview
- Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons
- Statement on the Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear Weapons, Delivered by H. E. Gillian Bird, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations (April 30, 2015) [PDF]
- Joint Statement on the Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear Weapons, Delivered by H.E. Sebastian Kurz, Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs of Austria (April 28, 2015) [PDF]
- Joint Statement on the Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear Weapons, Delivered by Ambassador John Quinn, Australian Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Geneva and Ambasador for Disarmament (October 20, 2014) [PDF]
- Joint Statement on the Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear Weapons, Delivered by Ambassador Dell Higgie, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (October 20, 2014) [PDF]
- Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs on the Joint Statement on the Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear Weapons (October 22, 2013)
- Joint Statement on the Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear Weapons, Delivered by Ambassador Peter Woolcott, Australian Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Geneva and Ambasador for Disarmament (October 21, 2013) [PDF]
- Joint Statement on the Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear Weapons, Delivered by Ambassador Dell Higgie, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (October 20, 2013) [PDF]
- Statement on the Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear Weapons, Delivered by H. E. Gillian Bird, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations (April 30, 2015) [PDF]
- "Research Study on Impacts of the Use of Nuclear Weapons in Various Aspects" Commissioned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in FY 2013 (March, 2014) [PDF]
- 2012 Nagasaki Declaration1 "Promoting Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Education" (August, 2012) [PDF]
- Testimony of Hibakusha
- Japan's Special Communicators for a World Without Nuclear Weapons
- Youth Communicator for a World without Nuclear Weapons