Japan strongly hopes that as many members as possible will sign this treaty and that those countries which have expressed opposition to this treaty will reconsider their positions from the broader perspective of promoting nuclear disarmament, and through early accession to this treaty, will bring it into effect at the earliest possible time. Further, I firmly believe that the nuclear weapons states which have declared that they would refrain from nuclear testing will, in light of the conclusion of this treaty, never conduct nuclear testing again. Following the adoption of this treaty, Japan believes it important to initiate, at the earliest possible date, negotiations on a cut-off treaty at the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, in order to shore up advances toward a world free of nuclear weapons.
Japan also intends to make even greater efforts toward initiating negotiations on that treaty.