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Tokyo Seminar on the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)

February 4, 2005

  1. The Tokyo Seminar on the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) will be co-hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and the Center for the Promotion of Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (CPDNP) in Tokyo (MOFA Headquarters) from Monday, February 7 to Tuesday, February 8.
  2. The seminar will be attended by the president-designate of the 2005 NPT Review Conference Sergio de Queiroz Duarte, high-level government officials of major countries including nuclear-weapon states and nonaligned countries, intellects from private think tanks with deep and wide expertise on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, for a total of approximately 30 people. As for Japan, Mr. Yoshiki Mine, Permanent Representative of Japan to the Conference on Disarmament, Mr. Yukio Takasu, Japanese Ambassador to the Permanent Mission of Japan to the International Organizations in Vienna, and others will attend the seminar and serve as co-chairs.
  3. This seminar is Japan's substantive contribution for the 2005 NPT Review Conference scheduled to be held in New York from May 2 to 27 of this year and will provide an opportunity for relevant members to exchange opinions on an unofficial level in order to streamline the process to reach an agreement at the said conference.
  4. Maintenance and enhancement of the nuclear disarmament and the non-proliferation regime based on the NPT is important to improving Japan's security environment, particularly in light of the North Korean nuclear issue facing Japan. Furthermore, as the only country ever to have experienced nuclear devastation, Japan has engaged in efforts for a incremental and practical disarmament of nuclear weapons. This seminar is part of the active diplomatic efforts implemented by Japan in order to maintain and enhance the NPT regime.

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As all attendees including the government-related officials of each country will be taking part in this seminar as individuals and raising opinions as such, all parts of the seminar will remain closed to the public except for the opening speech.

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