Vol.19 No.2 March 2017

Understanding Gaps Between the Ideal and Reality of Nuclear Abolishment

International Symposium “East Asia in Crisis:
Searching for ʻA World without Nuclear Weaponsʼ”
Takeshi Yuasa
On July 23, 2016, the Hiroshima Peace Institute (HPI) held theinternational symposium entitled “East Asia in Crisis: Searchingfor ‘A World without Nuclear Weapons.’” It was jointly hosted
with the Chugoku Shimbun and the Research Center for Nuclear
Weapons Abolition (RECNA), Nagasaki University. The
symposium was supported by Hiroshima City, the Hiroshima Peace
Culture Foundation, Hiroshima Prefecture, and the Hiroshima
Peace Creative Foundation. About 235 participants, including
young people from high schools and universities, gathered at thevenue, the International Conference Center Hiroshima.
This symposium was planned to discuss and understandsecurity issues pertaining to East Asia, especially the North
Korean nuclear issue. Since the beginning of 2016, Kim Jong-un’sregime revealed a drastic change in its nuclear policy. On January
6, the regime conducted its fourth nuclear test; since then, it hascontinued conducting missile experiments. During the month inwhich the symposium was held, North Korea launched missiles
twice (July 8 and 19). With the feeling that, unfortunately, thesituation in East Asia has become more and more ambiguous, weplanned the symposium to consider relations in the region.
Moreover, an impressive event related to the topic of
the symposium was held in May 2016: U.S. President Barack
Obama visited Hiroshima and made a speech there. Although
it was a historic event not only for Hiroshima but also for theworld, reactions to the speech varied, and some people were notsatisfied with the content. For example, President Obama offered
no concrete measures for abolishing nuclear weapons, nor did
he clearly outline the roadmap to nuclear abolition. Further, he
had roughly half a year remaining in his presidential term in thesummer of 2016. However, it is definitely significant that theincumbent U.S. president, representing the country that dropped
the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, visited one of thebombed cities and expressed the ideal regarding the abolition of
nuclear weapons globally.
We may be living in a world, in which a very large gap inthoughts regarding the abolition of nuclear weapons exists. How
should we understand this gap between the ideal and reality ofregional security in East Asia? What can we do to fill the gap?
These are the main questions that organizers aimed to discuss atthe symposium.
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Keynote Speech by Professor Hiraiwa, Kwansei Gakuin University
The Keynote speaker of the symposium was Shunji Hiraiwa, aprofessor at Kwansei Gakuin University. He mainly addressed
the decision-making style of the Kim Jong-un regime, especially
focusing on recent nuclear tests and the firing of ballistic missiles.
Professor Hiraiwa referred to the latest congress of the Korean
Workers’ Party in May 2016 held for the first time in 36 years
as an example to understand it. According to Professor Hiraiwa,
Kim Jong-un wanted to send a political message to overcome hisfather’s “Military-First Politics” reflecting a shift from a crisis
management regime to a peacetime one through the performanceat the party congress. Policies by the incumbent regime, Hiraiwa
argued, were not decided by the young leader arbitrarily; they
were also supported by bureaucrats, technocrats, and economists inNorth Korea. Kim Jong-un’s regime regards itself as a “peacetime”
regime in the domestic context and a “responsible nuclear power”
externally. However, such logic by North Korea is extremely
distant from the perceptions of the international society, whichis asking the country to abandon its nuclear weapons. Professor
Hiraiwa concluded that Kim Jong-un’s leadership is at a crossroads
today; at stake is whether it can maintain its character as a peace
time regime or reflect its predecessor’s reputation as governing
according to crisis management.
Summary of Other Reports
Following the keynote speech, four experts addressed their own
research report, analyzing the power balance among related nations
including China, the U.S., and Japan and international relations in
the region.
Rumi Aoyama, a professor at Waseda University, discussed
a perspective on the North Korean issue in the context of China’s
foreign policy. China under Xi Jinping’s regime is constructing its
global strategy with the “One Belt, One Road (OBOR)” initiative
and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB); additionally,
the nation has progressed politically, militarily, and economically.
According to Professor Aoyama, China’s policy regarding North
Korea has changed repeatedly. She suggested that OBOR is an
initiative to be applied even in North Korea. An original aim of
OBOR was to create a wider economic zone for China among suchregions as Central Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa.
Professor Aoyama suggested that China’s regional strategy may
incorporate the initiative to engage North Korea.

Contents

International Symposium “East Asia in Crisis: Searching for ‘A World without Nuclear Weapons’”
Takeshi Yuasa …………………… 1-2
Hello from HPI………………………………………… 2
Second Lieutenant Onoda on Lubang Island:
From Personal Notes Written by a Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines
Hitoshi Nagai ………………………… 3
Report of HPI Research Project, Fiscal Year 2013-2015“Human Security Project” and “Confidence and Security Building Measures Project”
Kazumi Mizumoto ………………… 4
HPI Public Lecture Series (1st semester, 2016)
Hyun Jin Son ………………………… 5
2016 Hiroshima International Conference on the Northeast Asia Peace and Cooperation Initiative (NAPCI) Hyun Jin Son ………………………… 6Book Release Why We Can’t Eliminate Nuclear Weapons II:
Perspectives and Prospects for a “World without Nuclear Weapons”
Kazumi Mizumoto ………………… 7
Diary …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 7-8
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1Haksoon Paik, a vice-president of the Sejong Institute of the
Republic of Korea (ROK), addressed his view about international
relations in the region: because policies concerning North
Korea of countries like the U.S., ROK, China, and Japan do notharmonize with each other, these nations have not taken effective
measures for denuclearization of North Korea. Thus, he entitled his
presentation as “Politics of Confusion.” Dr. Paik also stressed that
dialogue and negotiation are more advantageous than pressure or
sanctions in terms of North Korean issues; therefore, searching for
an opportunity to discuss a new “comprehensive resolution” about
the issues is necessary. Moreover, he proposed to institutionalize
the North East Asian Security Summit or a forum among states fornegotiation as an extension of the existing Six-Party Talks.
Following Dr. Paik’s presentation, Professor Satoshi
Hirose from RECNA addressed the possibilities of multilateral
cooperation and community initiatives toward denuclearization in
East Asia. Professor Hirose argued honestly that it is difficult toachieve the aims of these initiatives in view of the current situationin the region. Despite that, he stressed some possibilities to finda solution to North Korean issues. In this sense, he suggested
that states should prioritize not to exacerbate the current situation
longer, by resolving cumulative problems in the region. For that
purpose, he proposed that it is better to establish a forum forcomprehensive discussion about security, like the Conference ofSecurity and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE: Organization for
Security and Co-operation in Europe [OSCE] presently), rather
than discuss each issue individually.
Lastly, Mr. Uzaemonnaotsuka Tokai from the Chugoku
Shimbun reported facts and results of President Obama’s visit toHiroshima and presented future challenges for “a world without
nuclear weapons” from the viewpoint of a journalist based in
Hiroshima. He covered the president’s visit to Hiroshima Peace
Memorial Park. Involving the audience of the symposium, Mr.
Tokai described the scene impressively; President Obama offeredflowers at the cenotaph for atomic bomb victims. Mr. Tokaiassessed the president’s speech as emphasizing his personalphilosophy, with expressions dictating consideration for theemotions of Hiroshima and Nagasaki citizens. Mr. Tokai also
evaluated the speech positively, because it referred to accurate
citation of the figure of atomic bombs victims in Hiroshima as“the dead, including over 100,000 in Japanese men, women andchildren; thousands of Koreans; a dozen Americans held prisoner.”On the other hand, Mr. Tokai was critical of some parts of the
speech, as it summed up victims of atomic bombs with victimsof ordinary wars. He also suggested that creating a roadmap toabolish nuclear weapons is a future task, but President Obama
did not touch on this subject in his speech. In conclusion, Mr.
Tokai evaluated that the president’s visit was an event of historicsignificance, although, of course, it produced numerous politicalproblems. He also argued that the “moral awakening” mentioned
in the speech is also needed in Hiroshima.
***
A summary of the panel discussion was published in the Chugoku
Shimbun on August 1, 2016. It is also available to read on thewebsite of the Hiroshima Peace Media Center (http://www.
hiroshimapeacemedia.jp/?p=62340). Moreover, the HPI publishedthe keynote speech and related reports in a booklet series on
February 1, 2017.
(Professor at HPI)

Program・Opening Remarks(KIKKAWA Gen, President, HPI)・Outline of the Symposium (YUASA Takeshi, Professor, HPI)・Keynote Speech“Kim Jong-un Regime and International
Relations in East Asia”(HIRAIWA Shunji, Professor, Kwansei Gakuin University)
・Reports“China and International Relations in East Asia”(AOYAMA Rumi, Professor, Waseda University)“Politics of Confusion: Denuclearization of North Korea Derailed”(PAIK Haksoon: Vice-President, Director, Center for North
Korean Studies, Sejong Institute)“Nuclear Security and Initiatives for Cooperation in East Asia”(HIROSE Satoshi, Professor, Nagasaki University)“President Obama’s Visit to Hiroshima and Beyond”(TOKAI Uzaemonnaotsuka, Editorial Writer, Chugoku Shimbun)――Break/Submit Questions――
・Panel Discussion
Panelists: HIRAIWA, AOYAMA, PAIK, HIROSE, TOKAI
Moderators: Narayanan GANESAN (Professor, HPI), YUASA
・Concluding Remarks
・Closing

Hello from HPINAONO Akiko
Professor

Dr. Naono received her B.A. from American University(Washington D.C.) and was instrumental in organizing
a special exhibit on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1995
at American University, with the support of the Cityof Hiroshima. After receiving Ph.D. in sociology from
University of California, Santa Cruz in 2002, she was
granted the Research Fellowship for Young Scientists, Japan Society for the
Promotion of Science, from 2003 to 2005. She taught sociology and cultural
studies at the Graduate School of Social and Cultural Studies at Kyushu
University as Associate Professor from 2005, before taking a position at theHiroshima Peace Institute in October 2016. Her main publication includes,
Gembaku Taiken to Sengo Nihon [Atomic Bomb Experience and Postwar
Japan] (Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 2015), Hibaku to Hoshō [Sufferings from
Exposures to Radiation and Issues of Compensations] (Tokyo: Heibonsha,2011) and Hiroshima Amerika: Gembakuten wo Megutte. [Hiroshima/
America: on the Atom Bomb Exhibit] (Hiroshima: Keisuisha, 1997, winnerof the 3rd Peace and Cooperative Journalists Fund Award).

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It is quite nice to be back to the HPI which hosted me asa graduate student during my fieldwork. As Hiroshima
has been my field in the last 20 years, I know quite a lot of
people here. Since I took a position at the HPI, many havesaid to me, “Welcome back,” and it is quite nice to feel athome; at the same time, I am convinced that it is importantfor myself and the community that I keep my critical views
as an outsider on public discourse around the memories of
the atomic bombing and peace in Hiroshima. We can nolonger take it for granted that the majority of the Japanesepublic support “pacifism” and anti-nuclear sentiments.
Has Hiroshima lost a public appeal for the abolition of
nuclear weapons and creation of a more peaceful world?
If so, how can we regenerate hope for a better future from
Hiroshima? I want to address these questions by taking
a detour of following the historical traces of how people
have survived and reconstructed life in the devastated city. I
also plan to take on a new project on poverty in the singleparent households in Japan, as we cannot get away withdealing with issues around poverty, if we were to take on apath toward creating a more peaceful world.

Second Lieutenant Onoda on Lubang Island:
From Personal Notes Written by a Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Hitoshi Nagai
1.

The Death of a Dignified Samurai

On January 16, 2014, a former Japanese Imperial Army soldier diedat the age of 91. His name was Hiroo Onoda, a holdout who refused
to surrender after the end of World War II and spent nearly 30 years
hiding in the Philippine jungle. In March 1974, he finally surrendered
and returned to Japan. In Japan today, there may not be many people
who are familiar with the phrase “Second Lieutenant Onoda on
Lubang Island,” but if they had a chance to glance at the Japanesenewspapers printed on the day that he was finally persuaded to emerge
from hiding in the jungle and return to Japan, they would find he wastouted as a hero at the time.
Recently, I have been able to obtain diplomatic documents
regarding the rescue of Second Lieutenant Onoda under the Freedomof Information Act. The diplomatic papers included personal notes
written by Toshio Urabe, a Japanese ambassador to the Philippines
who strove to secure his rescue, which serve as valuable evidence by adiplomat who gained a behind-the-scenes view of the rescue operation
at very close quarters.

2.

Japanese Soldiers on Lubang Island

Second Lieutenant Onoda hunkered down in the jungles of the small
island of Lubang, about 150 km southwest of the Philippine capital
Manila (the following is mainly based on papers from the War
Victims’ Relief Bureau of the Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare(MHW)). In December 1942, 20-year-old Onoda was called up tojoin the army in Wakayama. After being stationed in Jiangxi Province,
China, he was sent to the Futamata Branch (in Shizuoka Prefecture)of the Military Army’s Nakano School, where he was trained to fightguerilla warfare from August to November 1944. In December ofthat year, he was sent to the Philippines as an intelligence officer,
and arrived on Lubang Island on December 31. In March 1945, U.S.
forces also landed on the island, overrunning it in a matter of days.
In the face of such overwhelming American forces, Onoda and otherJapanese soldiers were forced to hide in the jungle.
Even after the war ended in August 1945, 55 Japanese soldiersrefused to surrender and hid in the jungle. By the end of March 1946,
48 of them had surrendered, with another three soldiers killed during
a clash with U.S. troops. Second Lieutenant Onoda and three othersoldiers still remained hidden in the jungle. On July 5, 1950, one of thefour, Private Yūichi Akatsu walked away from the others to surrender.
On May 7, 1954, Corporal Shōichi Shimada was shot dead by Philippine
Scout Rangers, and on October 19, 1972, Private Kinshichi Kozuka
was also shot and killed by the Philippine Constabulary (PC). Onoda
thus became the last remaining Japanese soldier on Lubang Island.
The Japanese government, with the cooperation of the Philippine
Air Force (PAF), launched a massive search on three occasions from
October 1972. However, all those attempts failed as Onoda did notopen his mind, believing such attempts to be traps and that the war
was still ongoing. Later, his encounter with Norio Suzuki, a young
Japanese adventurer with a great deal of curiosity who traveled to thePhilippines to look for Onoda independently, finally led the former
soldier to decide to surrender on the condition of an order from hisformer commanding officer that released him from his military duties.
At last, Onoda surrendered on the evening of March 9, 1974.

3.

From Personal Notes Written by Toshio Urabe

Second Lieutenant Onoda, who gave himself up and came out of
hiding on March 9, 1974, arrived at Lubang’s Air Force Radar Station
the following night, when a ceremony for his formal surrender anda press conference were held. On March 11, he was transferred toManila by the PAF helicopter to meet Philippine President Ferdinand
E. Marcos at the Malacañang presidential palace, and on the following
day, he left for Japan. It was March 19, one week after the event,when then Japanese ambassador to the Philippine Toshio Urabe sent
his personal notes entitled “Survival and Return Home of Second

Lieutenant Onoda” to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.
Perhaps he had thought that his own unique experience should berecorded before his memory deteriorated.
The personal notes written by Ambassador Urabe contain adetailed description of behind-the-scene efforts made over 20 days
from February 20, when Onoda encountered the young adventurer
Suzuki in the jungle, to March 10, when Onoda, accompanied by the
PAF officers, emerged from his mountain hideout. Onoda’s decision
to surrender rested on broad search operations by both the Japaneseand Philippine governments, as well as a series of lucky coincidences.
When some Japanese government officials conducted a search, anddropped leaflets to find former Japanese soldiers who still remained
behind in 1954 and 1959, Onoda and his comrades did not showup, dismissing the messages written in the leaflets as a plot by theAmericans, because they thought that the leaflets were filled withmistakes. In December 1959, the Japanese government gave up its
search and decided that Second Lieutenant Onoda and Private Kozuka
were dead (MHW Papers).
When it turned out that Kozuka had died in October 1972 andOnoda was still surviving in the jungle, the Japanese government
launched another massive search. As a consequence of repeatedsearch efforts by the government, Onoda gradually came to believethat the war was over. At a time when he felt himself weakening, heencountered a young Japanese man, Norio Suzuki, who was at a campat Wakayama Point (named after Onoda’s home prefecture), near
Burol in the east of the island. “I thought it was a hundred to one thatthe war was over, since the local people had allowed a Japanese man
to be in camp by himself,” Onoda said to Ambassador Urabe, “I had
to take that bet, and if I lost the bet, it couldn’t be helped. It would beentirely my fault.” Onoda decided to talk to Suzuki, eventually paving
the way for his surrender.
After the end of the war, local people had begun to expand
their living areas by cultivating the jungle. Onoda and his comrades,
who believed that the war was still ongoing, considered this an
encroachment on their own territory. While hunkering down in thejungle, they killed local people on sight. They saw this killing as in selfdefense. Quite a few people were killed or injured by the survivors.
The houses of some locals were burned, while others were deprived of
their livelihoods. In his memoir, Ambassador Urabe notes that it wasquite natural for the families of those victims to be unable to accept
such an explanation, and that in fact, he did hear some local people
expressing their anger about the former soldiers’ multiple killings.
Ambassador Urabe’s personal notes also reveal just how
remarkable the Philippine government’s cooperation with the Japanese
search activities was. When Private Kozuka was shot to death by the
PC in October 1972, President Marcos heard the news with regret
and immediately ordered the PC to withdraw its forces from Lubang
Island, leaving the policing of the island and search-and-rescue
operations to the PAF. In order to rescue Onoda, the president gave the
PAF a strict order not to kill him and decided to allow him to returnhome under amnesty. In fact, when he met Onoda at Malacañang
Palace on March 11, 1974, the president gave him a full and complete
pardon for any violations he may have committed on Lubang during
and after the war, and allowed him to return to Japan. Ambassador
Urabe ended his memoir by noting that the saga of Onoda wasrendered all the more compelling and memorable by the Philippine
government’s humanitarian considerations towards him.
What drove President Marcos to treat Onoda with suchmagnanimity? How did the local people on Lubang Island view theJapanese soldiers who remained after the end of the war? To consider
the responses taken by the Philippine government and the local
people’s feelings about Onoda returning home would require muchfurther elaboration.
(Professor at HPI)
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Report of
HPI Research
Project, Fiscal
Year 2013〜
2015“Human Security Project” and“Conﬁdence and Security Building
Measures Project”
Kazumi Mizumoto, Vice President at HPI

Of the three research projects that were started in April 2014 when Gen Kikkawa became the new HPI president, namely the projects on (1)Nuclear Weapons and Disarmament, (2) Human Security, and (3) Confidence and Security Building Measures, I will briefly explain (2) and(3) in this issue of the newsletter, following the article about (1) in the previous newsletter.
The Project on Human Security is based on the recognition that the concept of Human Security is important for peace research because
it respects individual human being’s survival, life, and dignity. The concept of Security used to mean National Security which focused only on
military and defense issues, but the project reflects the conceptual change of idea regarding focus of the Security from the state to its inhabitants.
In the three years, a total of 13 presentations were given, of which six presentations were done by HPI researchers, three presentations
were done by Japanese scholars, and four presentations were by foreign scholars.
On the other hand, the Project on Confidence and Security Building Measures was initiated by President Kikkawa’s conviction that,in Asia, we need a similar security framework like the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) which contributes tothe maintenance of security in Europe. The initial aim of the project is to develop confidence and security between Japan, South and North
Korea, and China in East Asia.
A total of six workshops and meetings were held in the three years, of which three were workshops and joint research meetings coorganized by the HPI and research organizations or academic associations in South Korea, whereas the other three were lecture meetings by
individual scholars from Japan and China.
The dates, presenters, and topics of the meetings are shown in the tables below.

The Research Project on Human Security
Date

Presenter1 2013.10.17(Thu) Hitoshi Nagai, Associate Professor at HPI
2 2013.12.19(Thu) Narayanan Ganesan, Professor at HPI

4 2014.7.24(Thu)James Llewelyn, Australian Government, Department of
Education, International Group, North Asia Section
Gen Kikkawa, President/Professor at HPI

5 2014.10.9(Thu)Ran Zwigenberg, Visiting Researcher at HPI

3 2014.4.24(Thu)

Tetsuya Yamada, Professor at Nanzan University,
Department of Policy Studies
David Walton, Lecturer at University of Western
7 2014.12.18(Thu)
Australia/Visiting Researcher at University of Tokyo
Kim Sung Chull, Professor at Institute for Peace and
8 2015.2.25(Wed)
Unification Studies, Seoul National University
6 2014.10.24(Fri)

9 2015.5.28(Thu)
10 2015.6.25(Thu)
11 2015.12.3(Thu)
12 2016.1.18(Mon)
13 2016.2.25(Thu)

Takeshi Yuasa, Professor at HPI
Kennedy Mkutu Agade, Professor, United States
International University in Nairobi, Kenya
Naoko Kumagai, Associate Professor, International
University of Japan
Taizo Miyagi, Professor, Sophia University, Faculty of
Global Studies
Mika Inoue, Associate Professor, Hiroshima Shudo
University, Faculty of Law/Visiting Researcher at HPI

Topic
On the Issues of B Class and C Class War Crime Trials in
the Philippines
The Role of Civil Society in Democracies and Democratic
Transitions in Southeast Asia
Japan’s Cold War Diplomacy and its Return to Southeast
Asia
What is Peace?
Survivors: Hiroshima, the Holocaust and the Rise of
Global Memory Culture
The Range of “Human Security” Theory
Australian Policy toward Japan and China
Lost Time Never Be Found?: Coping with Nuclear Arming
North Korea
International Politics of Contemporary Central Asia: with
the Analysis of Russian Trends
Oil and Insecurity in Turkana, Kenya
Japan’s Diplomacy in the 21st Century observed through “Comfort
Women” Issue: Japans Postwar Responsibility and Reconciliation
Japan’s Diplomatic Security Policy in the age of Coalition
Transition of PKO and UN/Regional Organizations:focusing on African Issues

The Research Project on CSBMs
1

4

Date and Venue
2014.2.27(Thu)HCU Satellite Campus

2

2014.9.5(Fri)HCU Satellite Campus

3

2014.12.11(Thu)
Sejong Institute in Seoul,
South Korea

4

2015.3.19(Thu)HPI

5

2016.10.9(Thu)HCU Satellite Campus

6

2016.1.28(Thu)
HPI

Participants and Topic

Joint Workshop of Jeju Peace Institute in South Korea, Consulate General of Republic of Korea
in Hiroshima and HPI on CSBMs in East Asia
Joint Workshop of Association of International Law on the Sea in South Korea and HPI with
the Participation of Shigeki Sakamoto, Professor at Doshisha University and Tsuyoshi Ohira,Professor at Kitakyushu City University
Joint Research Meeting of Sejong Institute in Seoul and HPI
Lecture meeting
Presenter: Kan Kimura, Professor at Kobe University, Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies
Topic: On the Issues of Historical Recognition in Japan and Korea: History Textbook, “Comfort
Women” and Populism
Lecture Meeting and Discussions
Presenter: Gen Kikkawa, President at HPITopic: A Security Community in the Region of East Asia
Discussions on the Future Direction of the Project on CSBMs
Lecture Meeting
Presenter: Ma Xing-guo, Professor at Kanagawa University, former President of Institute of Japan
Studies, Liaoning University in Shenyang, China
Topic: For the Improvement of Japan-China Relations: the Role of International Politics and Culture

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HPI Public Lecture Series (1st semester, 2016)

Nuclear Weapons Development Issues and the International Community
Hyun Jin Son
The Hiroshima Peace Institute (HPI) held a public lecture series for the first semester of FY2016 from June 3 to July 1,2016 at the GOJINSHA Wendy Hito-Machi Plaza in Hiroshima. More than 70 years have passed since the atomic bombingsof Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but today there are still over 15,000 nuclear warheads in the world. To consider this issue,
the HPI published a book titled Why We Can’t Eliminate Nuclear Weapons II in August 2016. In this lecture series entitled“Nuclear Weapons Development Issues and the International Community,” five speakers, including HPI researchers who
coauthored the book, gave lectures to present the challenges we need to overcome to eliminate nuclear weapons from theglobe. The lecture titles were: (1) “The Evolution of Warfare and World Peace,” (2) “Global Nuclear Disarmament and theTask of Japan,” (3) “Usefulness of the Humanitarian Approach,” (4) “North Korea’s Nuclear Development: Issues and the
Future,” and (5) “Implications of the Iranian Nuclear Deal on Middle Eastern Regional Stability.”

Description of Lectures(1) June 3 (Fri.)“The Evolution of Warfare and World Peace”
Gen Kikkawa
President and Professor, at HPIThis lecture examined the relationship between theincreasing mechanization of wars resulting from theevolution of weapons and changes in the international
peace order. Prof. Kikkawa clarified the process of how theadvancement of mechanization in warfare has influenced
the formation of an international peace order, with a focus
on three issues: the military use of railroads, the practicaluse of machine guns, and the development of nuclear
weapons. Moreover, an explanation was given of how themilitarization of international relations is promoted by
the escalation of nuclear development and the spread of
conventional arms, backed by a military-industrial complex.
(2) June 10 (Fri.)“Global Nuclear Disarmament and the Task ofJapan”
Kazumi Mizumoto
Vice-President and Professor, at HPIThis lecture considered how Japan, as the only nation
struck by atomic weapons, should address four major
issues: 1) How to make North Korea, which could not havebecome a nuclear nation under normal circumstances, andIndia, Pakistan and Israel, which are all non-NPT-member
nuclear powers, abandon their nuclear weapons; 2) How to
encourage countries whose possession of nuclear weapons
has been accepted under the NPT—the U.S., Russia, theU.K., France and China—to reduce their nuclear arsenals;
3) How to discourage nations and organizations under the
nuclear umbrella, including Japan, Australia and NATO,from seeking continued dependence on nuclear weapons;
and 4) How Japan, as the victim of atomic bombings, shouldtackle various issues to achieve the elimination of nuclear
weapons as sought by international civil society and theconclusion of the Nuclear Weapons Convention.
(3) June 17 (Fri.)“Usefulness of the Humanitarian Approach”
Yasuhito Fukui
Associate Professor, at HPIWith little substantial progress being made in the reductionof nuclear weapons, this lecture examined humanitarian
approaches, such as so-called “humanitarian initiatives.”
The international community has commenced at the sametime discussions on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems(LAWS) under the framework of the Convention on Certain
Conventional Weapons (CCW) for the sake of international
norm setting by humanitarian approaches although the
CCW does not cover the prohibition/restriction of the useof nuclear weapons, while LAWS does not cover the use of
conventional weapons. This lecture provided an opportunity
to understand the significance of humanitarian approaches ininternational law making, by clarifying the similarities anddifferences between the CCW and LAWS.
(4) June 24 (Fri.)“North Korea’s Nuclear Development: Issues
and the Future” Hyun Jin Son
Associate Professor, at HPIThis lecture discussed the current status of North Korea’s
nuclear development, including its recent nuclear tests andmissile launches, with a focus on major issues confronting
the country and its future. In January 2016, North Korea
conducted its fourth nuclear test, followed by the launchof long-range and short-range missiles. The country’s
acquisition of nuclear capability and highly advanced
missile technology has brought an imbalance and threat tothe security landscape of Northeast Asia. In South Korea,
there are debates on the necessity of nuclear armament. The
struggle for power surrounding the Korean Peninsula has
become increasingly complex. Following North Korea’s
recent nuclear tests, the UN and its member countries haveintroduced a condemnatory resolution and imposed sanctions
against the country. This lecture raised the question of how
the international community should respond to the nuclear
and missile developments of North Korea.
(5) July 1 (Fri.)“Implications of the Iranian Nuclear Deal on
Middle Eastern Regional Stability”
Koichiro Tanaka
President, the Institute of Energy Economics,
Japan (JIME) at the Institute of Energy
Economics, Japan (IEE)
This lecture took up the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal as a
successful example of multilateralism that has put a longterm brake on nuclear development through negotiations,and explored the context of the case. However, it was also
indicated that the relaxation of economic sanctions on Iranin return for the scaling down of its nuclear development
has alerted some countries to take precautions against its
potential return to the international community, thereby,ironically, failing to ease tensions over the country. Today,
there is concern that civil wars in the Middle East could
escalate into major regional conflicts. Given the fact that theissue is not irrelevant to Japan, with its heavy dependence on
the supply of oil and natural gas, this lecture also looked at
the roles Japan and the international community should playin bringing stability to the region.
Many people participated in all the five lectures, with about
100 participants attending each lecture. Each lecture featured
a lively question-and-answer session with the audience.
In the questionnaire conducted after the last lecture, many
views and opinions were expressed. We will make efforts totake into account the feedback in our future activities.
(Associate Professor at HPI)

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2016 Hiroshima International Conference on the
Northeast Asia Peace and Cooperation Initiative (NAPCI)Hyun Jin Son
On September 13, 2016, the Hiroshima Peace Institute with the cosponsorship of the Sejong Institute (South Korea), held the 2016
Hiroshima International Conference on the Northeast Asia Peace andCooperation Initiative (NAPCI) at Rihga Royal Hotel Hiroshima.
The conference consisted of three sessions, which were followed
by a general discussion. The sessions were 1) “The Experience of
CSCE and Improvement Strategies for NAPCI,” 2) “Status andTasks of Track 1.5 Network Building by Cooperation Area,” and 3)“Strategies for Track 1.5 Network Building and Implementation.”
The purpose of NAPCI is to establish an order of multilateral
cooperation through the promotion of international cooperationand practices. More specifically, its aim is to build a consensus on
multilateral security cooperation among the countries of Northeast
Asia by urging them to change their perceptions of security througha step-by-step process of regional cooperation. The 2016 Hiroshima
International Conference on NAPCI stressed the need to startwith cooperation in non-traditional security areas (nuclear power
safety, environmental preservation, and disaster prevention), whereindividual countries may find it relatively easy to cooperate, andgradually expand such efforts towards cooperation in traditional
security areas, including confidence-building measures. Thisconference also emphasized the importance of preventing risks or
confrontations from arising by sharing understandings of potential
threats in the region as a common agenda and promoting the stable
management of such threats within a multilateral framework.
The objective of this conference is to seek measures to drive
NAPCI forward by building a close Japan-Korea cooperation network
among experts from the two countries (in the areas of nuclear power
safety, environmental preservation, and disaster management).
In the first session of the conference, Gen Kikkawa, President of theHiroshima Peace Institute, gave a presentation titled “Comparative
Analysis of CSCE and NAPCI: Can South Korea become anotherWest Germany?” A summary of the presentation is as follows: In
the history of international politics, the greatest achievement of theConference for Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) has been
its contribution to the prevention of war (particularly nuclear warfare)during the Cold War and to the collapse of the one-party regimes in
the USSR and Eastern Europe. These successes by the CSCE can belargely attributed to two factors: the reinforced security involvementof small and medium-sized countries in the CSCE through theemployment of a consensual decision-making process, and thestrengthened political binding force generated through the creationof an inter-governmental agreement. As a divided state, South Korea
needs to play a leadership role in creating an international security
community, like NAPCI, to achieve world peace. To this end, it isimportant for South Korea to take the initiative in encouraging othercountries in the region to promote intergovernmental dialogue toidentify areas that require intergovernmental cooperation, and toestablish an international cooperation system to enable the expansionof the scope of cooperation from non-traditional security areas
to traditional security areas under such a multilateral cooperation
framework.
In the second session, presentations were delivered on theestablishment of a regional private-sector network in each area ofcooperation. In the area of nuclear safety, a presentation titled “Asian
Leadership in Nuclear Safety” was given by Park Yoon-Won, former
President of the Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety. He spoke about
the establishment of leadership in the area of nuclear safety and thesetting of a Nuclear Safety Directive. He stressed that to this end, it isnecessary to maintain a high level of safety, win public endorsement,
establish a transparent policy system, and promote information
sharing. He also emphasized the need to develop a unique regional
strategy based on U.S. case studies. Mr. Park suggested that NAPCI
should provide support for cooperative efforts by the Korea Instituteof Nuclear Safety and the Japan Nuclear Safety Institute, referring
to U.S. cases on the revitalization of the nuclear industry, the settingof nuclear safety standards, the rational management of regulatory
bodies, and leading technology research and development byunlimited investment.

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In the area of disaster management, Jee Yong Keun from the Korea
Disaster Prevention Association gave a presentation titled “TheDevelopment and Promotion of an International Disaster Prevention
Network to Pursue Peaceful Cooperation in Northeast Asia.” He
stressed the importance of promoting government-to-government
exchange of reliable information and establishing an international
disaster management network, in order to prevent large-scale disasters
from continuously occurring. He also suggested that considering thepotential occurrence of various types and scales of disasters, such aninternational network should cover a broad range of topics, including
mutual cooperation, the sharing of disaster related information, andindustries focused on disaster prevention.
In the environmental area, Chu Jang Min from the Korea
Environment Institute gave a presentation titled “Establishing a
Public-Private Network to Promote the Conservation of Biodiversity
in Northeast Asia.” In the area of biodiversity conservation,foundations for international cooperation have already been
established to some degree, such as the Tripartite Environment
Ministers Meeting among China, Japan and Korea (TEMM), theNorth-East Asian Subregional Programme for Environmental
Cooperation (NEASPEC), and the Asia Pacific Biodiversity
Observation Network (AP-BON). Dr. Chu stressed the need to lookfor ways to further promote cooperation within NAPCI, with a view
towards setting rules for promoting cooperation in biodiversity
conservation in Northeast Asia.
In the third session held under the theme of “Strategies for Track 1.5
Network Building and Implementation,” Jin Chang Soo, Presidentof the Sejong Institute, gave a presentation titled “Prospects of
NAPCI.” As strategies to build and maintain a NAPCI public-private
network, he proposed (1) systematically verifying the achievementsof cooperation implemented on a function-by-function basis, (2)ensuring the sustainability of NAPCI by expanding the base ofdomestic and international cooperation, and (3) developing a concrete
strategic initiative to produce tangible results. For the development
and expansion of an international network for NAPCI, he stressed theneed to (1) adopt a political statement and reach high-level agreement
for institutionalization and regularization, (2) conduct a detailed
analysis of present conditions to develop a regional cooperation
network and determine the direction in which to proceed; and (3)develop measures to promote local government-based cooperation by
category as well as to respond to the mass media. The presentation
was concluded with an assertion of the necessity of considering
how to expand the Japan-China-Korea cooperation network stepby-step and how to put the UN’s international rules into operation in
Northeast Asia.
In the general discussion, participants engaged in a lively exchangeof views and opinions.
The panelists were: Kazumi Mizumoto, Vice-President, HPI;
Takeshi Yuasa, Professor, HPI; Hyun Jin Son, Associate Professor,
HPI; Yasuhito Fukui, Associate Professor, HPI; Makiko Takemoto,
Assistant Professor, HPI; Genki Yagawa, President, Nuclear Safety
Research Association (NSRA); Tatsujiro Suzuki, Director, ResearchCenter for Nuclear Weapons Abolition (RECNA), Nagasaki
University; Koji Suzuki, Executive Director, National ResearchInstitute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED); Kazuhito
Ueda, Researcher, Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC); andKenji Otsuka, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Developing
Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO)(Associate Professor at HPI)

Book
ReleaseWhy We Can't Eliminate Nuclear Weapons II:
Perspectives and Prospects for a World without Nuclear Weapons”

The HPI published the book “Why We Can’t Eliminate Nuclear
Weapons II: Perspectives and Prospects for a “World without
Nuclear Weapons” through Horitsu Bunka Sha, a publisherof numerous books on the social sciences, in August 2016.
This is the outcome of an HPI research project on nuclear
disarmament, which was organized during a total of sevenresearch meetings from September 2014 to March 2015.
The book was co-edited by Gen Kikkawa, HPI President,
and Kazumi Mizumoto, its Vice President. The contributors
include five HPI researchers, as well as scholars and journalists
in Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Tokyo. Co-authors share the ideathat it is vital for the advancement of nuclear disarmament topromote the reduction of tension and foster confidence building
in international relations, and analyzed the current internationalsituation and challenges
surrounding nuclear weapons.
It is the sequel to a bookpublished in 2000 entitled “Why
We C a n ’t E l i m i n a t e N u c l e a r
Weapons: Nuclear Weapons andInternational Relations,” aiming
to present new analysis after thesimultaneous terror attacks in 2001
and the inauguration of the Obamaadministration in the U.S., whichwere not covered in the previous
book.
Chapters and contributors are
as follows:

DIARY◆May 2‒14 Narayanan Ganesan serves as coordinator andtrainer for the Social Science Summer Institute to train faculty at
Dagon and Mandalay Universities in Myanmar.
◆May 14 Yasuhito Fukui presents report on the “New technology
and applicability of international law: the case of LAWS” atannual academic conference of the World Law Association, held at
Senshu University in Tokyo.
◆May 17 Robert Jacobs gives lecture to students from Meiji
Gakuin University and the University of California on American
reactions to the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, heldin Hiroshima City.
◆May 20 Kazumi Mizumoto gives lecture “The View Pointof Politics and International Relations in Southeast Asia” at the“Training Program for Global Human Resources from the View
Point of International Cooperation and Contribution” organized
by Hiroshima University of Economics, held at Satellite Campus
Hiroshima.
◆May 21 Mizumoto gives lecture “The Meaning of Studying
the Hiroshima Experience: What do you think about President
Obama’s visit to Hiroshima? ” at the Hiroshima Peace Forumorganized by the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation, held at the
Gojinsha Wendy Hito-Machi Plaza.
◆May 22 Akihiro Kawakami delivers keynote presentation on“Security Legislation and Japan Standing at a Crossroads” at thesection meeting for “Human rights, peace, culture and international
relations” of the 31st Local Government Research Meeting in
Hiroshima organized by the Hiroshima Local Government
Research Center, held in Hatsukaichi City.
◆May 23 Gen Kikkawa attends the joint meeting “Hiroshima”
organized by the City of Hiroshima, held in Hiroshima City.
◆May 30 Mizumoto gives lecture “Hiroshima and Disarmament:
The Experience of Atomic Bombing and the Danger of Nuclear
Weapon” at the Training Programme on Nuclear Disarmament for

Introduction: Today’s Nuclear Weapons and International Peace
Kazumi Mizumoto
Section I: International Regime and Legal Framework of the Weapons
Ch.1 Evolution of the Arms and International Peace
Gen Kikkawa
Ch.2 Arms Control and Disarmament of Conventional Weapons
Noriko Sado, Hiroshima Shudo University
Ch.3 Formation of Norms in Disarmament
Yasuhito Fukui, HPI
Ch.4 Significance and Current Situation of the CTBT
Satoshi Hirose, Nagasaki University
Section II: Nations and Nuclear Weapon
Ch.5 Security in Europe and Nuclear Policy of NATO
Itsuki Kurashina, Hiroshima City University
Ch.6 Nuclear Policy of China
Ikuo Kayahara, Takushoku University
Ch.7 Nuclear Issues and Conflicts in the Middle East
Shintaro Yoshimura, Hiroshima University
Ch.8 Nuclear Development in North Korea
Hyun Jin Son, HPI
Section III: Towards a World without Nuclear Weapons
Ch.9 American Fantasies about Nuclear Weapons and Hiroshima
Robert Jacobs, HPI
Ch.10 Conditions for Abolition of Nuclear Weapons
Norito Kunisue, The Asahi Shimbun
Ch.11 Banning of Nuclear Weapons and Civil Society
Keiko Nakamura, Nagasaki University
Conclusion: The Role of Japan, the Atomic-Bombed Nation
Kazumi Mizumoto
Kazumi Mizumoto, Vice President at HPI

May 1 ‒ October 31, 2016

Asian diplomats, organized by and held at the UNITAR Hiroshima
Office.
◆May 31 Mizumoto gives lecture “Peace Building and Nuclear
Issues” for about fifty second-year students of Kaisei SeniorHigh School visiting Hiroshima on school excursion at the HCU
Satellite Campus.
◆June 4 Jacobs gives lecture to the Royal College of Defense
Studies (UK) fellows on the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima andNagasaki, held in Hiroshima City.
◆June 9 Mizumoto gives lecture “Hiroshima and Nuclear
Disarmament: The Experience of Atomic Bombing and the Dangerof Nuclear Weapons” for eight students of the University of
Alabama, department of political science, at HPI. ▽Ganesan gives
lecture to a group of visiting students from Alabama University
on recent developments in Southeast Asian international relations,at HPI. ▽Fukui gives lecture to a group of visiting students from
Alabama University on Economic Sanction imposed by Security
Council resolution against DPRK, at HPI.
◆June 18 Kawakami gives lecture on “What are constitutionalchanges aimed at and where do they lead?” at a lecture meetingorganized by the Hiroshima Workers’ Union of the All Japan
Prefectural and Municipal Workers’ Union, held in Hiroshima.
◆June 19 Mizumoto attends as executive committee member
the 1st training meeting of “International Youth Conference for
Peace in the Future (IYCPR) Volgograd 2016” organized by theHiroshima Municipal Board of Education, held in Hiroshima.
◆June 20 Hyun Jin Son gives presentation on “The North Korean
Nuclear Issue and Future Challenges” at a joint research meetingwith Sejong Institute (South Korea), held in South Korea.
◆June 21 Mizumoto attends the 2nd meeting on Peace Declaration
organized by the City of Hiroshima, held at the City Hall.
◆June 24 Mizumoto gives lecture, “Hiroshima and Peace: Atomic
Bombing Experience and Reconstruction” at the training program
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on “Educational Reform for Sustainable Social Construction in
Cambodia” for the staff of Cambodian Ministry of Education,
Youth and Sport, co-organized by Hiroshima Prefecture and JICA,
held at the Hiroshima Prefectural Office.
◆June 28 Mizumoto gives lecture “Current World Situation of
Nuclear Weapons” at the training course for recounters of atomic
bomb experiences, organized by the City of Hiroshima, held at
JMS Aster Plaza.
◆July 2
Jacobs gives lecture at the Hiroshima Peace Forumon understandings of Hiroshima in the United States, held in
Hiroshima City.
◆July 6
Mizumoto attends the 3rd meeting on Peace Declaration
organized by the City of Hiroshima, held at the City Hall.
◆July 8
Mizumoto gives lecture “Peace Building and Nuclear
Issues” at the peace studies class of second-year students of Kaisei
Senior High School in Tokyo.
◆July 10 Kikkawa gives presentation on “What was World War
II?” at a public lecture, organized by and held at the Fukuyama
City Human Rights & Peace Museum in Fukuyama City. ▽Makiko Takemoto gives lecture on “What Robert Jungk saw
in Japan” at a gallery talk in the exhibition “For a Nuclear-Free
Future”, held at Shizuoka Peace Archives Center.
◆July 16 Mizumoto gives lecture “Atomic Bomb Experienceand World Peace” at the Hiroshima Peace Forum organized by
the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation, held at Gojinsha Wendy
Hito-Machi Plaza.
◆July 24 Kawakami gives lecture on “The 2016 Election to theHouse of Councilors and Argument for Constitutional Revision
Today” at a study meeting organized by the Chugoku Region
Union’s Municipality Council of the All Japan Prefectural andMunicipal Workers’ Union, held in Hiroshima City.
◆July 26 Fukui gives lecture “LAWS (Lethal Autonomous
Weapons System: The case of norm-setting in the field of
disarmament)” at the IDEC seminar of Hiroshima University.
◆July 28 Mizumoto gives lecture “Hiroshima and Peace” attraining course for journalists organized by the City of Hiroshima,
held at International Conference Center Hiroshima.
◆July 31 Mizumoto gives lecture “Inhumanity of Nuclear
Weapon and Inhumanity of War” at the 4th training meeting of“International Youth Conference for Peace in the Future (IYCPR)
Volgograd 2016” organized by the Hiroshima Municipal Boardof Education, held in Hiroshima City. ▽Mizumoto attends
as coordinator and gives presentation “Current Situation ofReconstruction and Peacebuilding in Cambodia” at the panel ofthe symposium on Hiroshima Reconstruction and Peacebuilding
Research Project organized by the Hiroshima Prefecture, held at
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum.
◆August 4 Mizumoto gives speech “Atomic Bomb and Peace”
at the opening ceremony of 10th Hiroshima Children’s Conference
organized by the Hiroshima Future Generation Forum, held at
International Conference Center Hiroshima.
◆August 5 Mizumoto gives lecture “Hiroshima and Peace:
Inhumanity of Nuclear Weapon and Inhumanity of War” at thePeace Seminar, organized by and held at the Hiroshima Jogakuin
University.
◆August 8 Mizumoto gives lecture “Hiroshima and Peace:the Danger of Nuclear Weapons and the Atomic-Bombing
Experience” at the lecture series “War and Peace Seen from theMedical Studies,” organized by and held at Hiroshima University
in Higashihiroshima City.
◆August 17 Mizumoto gives special lecture “The Current Stateand Tasks of Peace Research” at a training program for Level II
Certified Nursing Administrators organized by the Hiroshima
Nursing Association, held at the Hiroshima Nursing Association.
◆August 19 Mizumoto gives lecture “Nuclear Disarmament,

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Non-Proliferation and Hiroshima” at the training program of“Global Future Juku in Hiroshima” organized by Hiroshima
Prefecture, held in Higashihiroshima City.
◆August 21 Takemoto gives lecture on “70 Years from the Endof World War II: The Case of Germany” at the 11th Fukuyama
Peace Laboratory, organized by and held at Fukuyama City Human
Rights & Peace Museum.
◆August 22 Mizumoto gives lecture “Hiroshima and Peace:the Atomic-Bombing Experience and the Danger of Nuclear
Weapons” for the students of Universiti Sains Malaysia, at HPI. ▽Ganesan gives lecture on Japan-Southeast Asia relations to a groupof visiting students from Universiti Sains in Malaysia, at HPI.
◆August 22‒26 Fukui attends the Meeting of States Parties of
ATT as an observer, held in Geneva.
◆August 24 Mizumoto gives lecture “Hiroshima and Peace:the Atomic-Bombing Experience and the Danger of Nuclear
Weapons” at the training program on “Moral Studies” for teacher
license renewal, organized by and held at Hijiyama University.
◆August 25‒26 Ganesan attends workshop and presented paper
entitled “Democratization and its impact on the peace process in
Myanmar”, held at Seoul National University.
◆September 4 Kawakami gives lecture on “Considering theConstitution and Peace” at a lecture meeting organized by the
Executive Committee of the Hiroshima Prefecture Peace &Friendship Festival of Youth and Women, held in Hatsukaichi
City.
◆September 5‒9 Ganesan trains the Myanmar civil service
in public administration and public policy formulation in Hpaan in
Kayin State, Myanmar.
◆September 10 Son gives lecture on the “Legal Status of South
Koreans Living in Japan” at the Yamaguchi Branch of the Korean
Residents Union in Japan (Mindan), held in Shimonoseki City.
◆September 11 Kikkawa presents report on “Ethnic Issues as a
Factor that Has Changed the International Peace and Order” at the2016 Conference of the Japanese Society of International Law in
Shizuoka City.
◆September 22‒23 Fukui makes presentation “New Technology
and legal lacunae: The Case of LAWS” at the Regional Meetingof International Humanitarian Law co-organized by KMOD and
ICRC as an invited panelist, held in Seoul.
◆September 24 Kawakami gives lecture on “The Constitution,
Peace and Autonomy: Redefining the Relationship between
Peace and Local Autonomy” at the 52nd Saga Local Government
Research Conference organized by the Saga Local Government
Research Association, held in Saga City.
◆September 30 Fukui participates in the study group meetingon the Atomic bombing and the peace in the Chinese diaspora
in Japan as a discussant, organized by the Japan Society for theStudies of Chinese Overseas, held at International ConferenceCenter Hiroshima.
◆October 1 Jacobs tours Swedish deep underground spent
nuclear fuel repository project in Oscarshamn, Sweden.
◆October 4 Kikkawa attends a reception party to welcome UN
Disarmament Fellows, held in Hiroshima.
◆October 13 Jacobs tours Finnish deep underground spent
nuclear fuel repository in Onkalo, Finland.
◆October 21 Son presents report on “Japan’s SecurityRelated Laws” at the 2016 Conference of the Korean Society ofInternational Law, held in Kyungpook National University, South
Korea.
◆October 22 Mizumoto gives presentation at “The Talk Session:
Present Task on Realization of ‘World free of Nuclear Weapons,”
organized by the branch meeting on Disarmament and Security ofPeace Studies Association of Japan (PSAJ) at the Fall Conferenceof PSAJ, held at Meisei University in Tokyo.
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