Policy Recommendation
Proposals for Reducing Nuclear Risks and New Nuclear Arms Control - On the Occasion of the 80th Anniversary of the A-bombings
June 3, 2025
The Study Group on New Nuclear Arms Control and Disarmament Initiatives (chaired by Professor Tatsujiro Suzuki, Nagasaki University), established by the Security Studies Program of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation, has published a set of policy recommendations entitled "Proposals for Reducing Nuclear Risks and New Nuclear Arms Control: On the Occasion of the 80th Anniversary of the A-bombings.”
This study group was created to consider ways to reduce risk of using nuclear weapons and achieve new nuclear arms control and disarmament in light of the unprecedented heightening of the risk of nuclear arms use, including Russia’s nuclear intimidation in its invasion of Ukraine, China’s rapid nuclear arms expansion, North Korea’s attempts to accelerate its development of nuclear weapons and missiles, and other developments
In this context, in October 2024, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced that the Nobel Peace Prize would be awarded to the Japan Council of A- and H-bomb Sufferers Organizations (Nihon Hidankyo), citing “the extraordinary efforts made by the representatives of the hibakusha to establish a nuclear taboo.” As the year 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the study group has published these recommendations for concrete measures that the Japanese government could adopt to reduce the risk of nuclear use, ease future tensions, and find a path toward new nuclear arms control and disarmament, while reaffirming the significance of the nuclear taboo.
Click here to download the recommendations.
This study group was created to consider ways to reduce risk of using nuclear weapons and achieve new nuclear arms control and disarmament in light of the unprecedented heightening of the risk of nuclear arms use, including Russia’s nuclear intimidation in its invasion of Ukraine, China’s rapid nuclear arms expansion, North Korea’s attempts to accelerate its development of nuclear weapons and missiles, and other developments
In this context, in October 2024, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced that the Nobel Peace Prize would be awarded to the Japan Council of A- and H-bomb Sufferers Organizations (Nihon Hidankyo), citing “the extraordinary efforts made by the representatives of the hibakusha to establish a nuclear taboo.” As the year 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the study group has published these recommendations for concrete measures that the Japanese government could adopt to reduce the risk of nuclear use, ease future tensions, and find a path toward new nuclear arms control and disarmament, while reaffirming the significance of the nuclear taboo.
Click here to download the recommendations.
Description
| Date of Publication | March 2025 |
| Content | Three Principles for Reducing Nuclear Risks 1. Continue not to use nuclear weapons and do not threaten non-nuclear-weapon states with nuclear weapons 2. Do not conduct nuclear tests 3. No new deployment of nuclear weapons to non-nuclear-weapon states Recommendation 1: Japan should lead discussions in the international community toward an agreement to continue the non-use of nuclear weapons and not to threaten non-nuclear weapon states with nuclear weapons. Recommendation 2: Promote negotiations on concrete measures to reduce the risk of nuclear use Recommendation 3: Japan should lead a dialogue aimed at reducing reliance on nuclear deterrence in order to ease tensions and manage new nuclear arms control. |
