Japan's Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Policy
Fourth Edition

(Contents: PDF format)

Message from the Minister for Foreign Affairs

Introduction

I. Text

Part I. Overview

Chapter 1. Japan's basic position on disarmament and non-proliferation
Chapter 2. Circumstances surrounding disarmament and non-proliferation and Efforts of Japan

Part II. Regional Non-Proliferation Issues and Japan's Efforts

Chapter 1. North Korea
Chapter 2. Iran and other Middle East countries
Chapter 3. India and Pakistan

Part III. Nuclear Disarmament and Non-proliferation

Chapter 1. Overview (Japan's basic stance on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation)
Chapter 2. The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)
- Section 1. Overview of the Treaty
- Section 2. Outcome of the 2005 NPT Review Conference and future issues
- Section 3. Developments prior to 2005
Chapter 3. Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT)
- Section 1. Overview of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT)
- Section 2. Towards the early entry-into-force of the CTBT
- Section 3. Japan's efforts to facilitate the entry-into-force of the CTBT
Chapter 4. Efforts at the Conference on Disarmament (CD) in Geneva
- Section 1. Overview
- Section 2. The Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty (Cut-off Treaty)
- Section 3. Prevention of arms race in outer space
Reference: Arms control and nuclear disarmament by nuclear-weapon states
- Section 1. Overview
- Section 2. Nuclear disarmament and arms control of the United States and Russia
Chapter 5. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards system
- Section 1. Overview of the IAEA safeguards system
- Section 2. Details of safeguards agreements
- Section 3. Improving the effectiveness and efficiency of safeguards
- Section 4. Japan's efforts
Chapter 6. Strict control on equipment and technologies for enrichment and reprocessing
- Section 1. International discussions
Chapter 7. Nuclear security
- Section 1. Efforts by the international community
- Section 2. Japan's efforts
Chapter 8. G8 Global Partnership and assistance of Japan for denuclearization of the former Soviet Union
- Section 1. Overview
- Section 2. G8 Global Partnership
- Section 3. Assistance of Japan for denuclearization of Russia ("Star of Hope" etc.)
- Section 4. Other assistance of Japan for denuclearization
Reference: Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones
- Section 1. Overview
- Section 2. Japan's stance
- Section 3. Nuclear-weapon-free zone treaties concluded to date
- Section 4. Planned and proposed nuclear-weapon-free zones
- Section 5. Demilitarization of the Antarctic, the seabed, outer space, and the moon

Part IV. Biological and Chemical Weapons

Chapter 1. Biological Weapons Convention (BWC)
Chapter 2. Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)
- Section 1. Overview
- Section 2. Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
- Section 3. Old chemical weapons and abandoned chemical weapons

Part V. Conventional Arms

Chapter 1. Overview (Japan's basic stance on disarmament and non-proliferation of conventional arms)
Chapter 2. Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)
- Section 1. Background of the SALW issues and international efforts
- Section 2. Japan's efforts
- Section 3. Recent efforts
Chapter 3. Anti-personnel mines
- Section 1. Present situation on Anti-personnel mine issues
- Section 2. Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer if Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction (The Ottawa Convention)
- Section 3. Japan's efforts
Chapter 4. Convention on Prohibition or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (CCW)
- Section 1. Overview of the Convention
- Section 2. Recent development (Cluster munitions)
Chapter 5. UN Register of Conventional Arms
- Section 1. Background and overview
- Section 2. Japan's policy
Chapter 6. Other issues surrounding conventional arms
- Section 1. Development concerning an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) Initiative
- Section 2. Conventional ammunition

Part VI. Non-Proliferation Regimes

Chapter 1. Export control regimes
- Section 1. Overview and present status of export control regimes
- Section 2. Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG)
- Section 3. Zangger Committee
- Section 4. Australia Group (AG)
- Section 5. Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR)
- Section 6. Wassenaar Arrangement (WA)
Chapter 2. Non-proliferation of missiles
- Section 1. Present status of issue of missile proliferation issue
- Section 2. Hague Code of Conduct (HCOC)
- Section 3. Japan's efforts
Reference Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS)
Chapter 3. Proliferation Security Initiatives (PSI)
- Section 1. Background of its establishment and overview
- Section 2. Past experiences
- Section 3. Japan's efforts
PSI Maritime Interdiction Exercise "Pacific Shield 07" led by Japan

Part VII. International and Regional Efforts

Chapter 1. Efforts at the United Nations
- Section 1. Discussion at the United Nations
- Section 2. The United Nations General Assembly (First Committee)
- Section 3. The United Nations Security Council
- Section 4. The United Nations Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters
- Section 5. The United Nations Conference on Disarmament Issues
Chapter 2. The Conference on Disarmament (CD)
Chapter 3. Efforts at the G8
Chapter 4. Regional efforts
- Section 1. Regional frameworks
- Section 2. Asian Senior-level Talks on Non-Proliferation (ASTOP)