Japan's Security / Peace & Stability of the International Community
Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Technology
May 20, 2025
Foreign Minister IWAYA and Ms.Nakamitsu, Under Secretary General and High Representative For Disarmament Affairs of the United Nations(January, 2025)
Foreign Minister IWAYA and IAEA Director General Grossi(February, 2025)
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.
What's New
- Courtesy Call on Parliamentary Vice-Minister Ms. ERI Arfiya by Dr. Robin GEISS, Director of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (May 20, 2025)
- The 12th Japan-Iran Consultation on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Issues (May 19, 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)
- Second Call for Application for the “Youth Leader Fund for a World Without Nuclear Weapons” is now open (March 5, 2025)
- Visit of H.E. Mr. Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to Japan (February 4, 2025)
- Japan-EU Dialogue on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (January 16, 2025)
- Release of IAEA report regarding Marine Monitoring (January 6, 2025)
- The Adoption of the Weapons of Mass Destruction in Outer Space Resolution, submitted by Japan, U.S., and Argentina, at the United Nations General Assembly (December 3, 2024)
- Adoption of the Draft Resolution on Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons Submitted by Japan to the First Committee of the UN General Assembly (December 3, 2024)
- 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 3, 2024)
- Visit of IAEA officials and international experts for a review on the discharge of ALPS treated water from TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station into the Sea (December 2, 2024)
- Attendance of State Minister for Foreign Affairs Miyaji at the Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Science, Technology and Applications and the Technical Cooperation Programme (Outline) (November 27, 2024)
- 2024 IAEA Marine Monitoring (October 4, 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)
- The 68th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (September 13, 2024)
- Video message from Prime Minister Kishida at the Opening Ceremony of the Japan Visit Programme (Study Tour to Hiroshima and Nagasaki) of the “Youth Leader Fund for a World without Nuclear Weapons” (August 26, 2024)
- 17th Japan-ROK Consultation on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Issues (February 16, 2024)
- Courtesy Call on Special Advisor to the Prime Minister Ishihara by Executive Director of International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (January 23, 2024)
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Click for the latest information on the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative (NPDI) and Japan's policy and actions in this area. |
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