Proposals to the Japanese Government Concerning the Denuclearization of North Korea

In September 2018, SPF established the Working Group on New Initiatives for Nuclear Energy and Nuclear Non-Proliferation. The aim of this Working Group is to explore the contributions that Japan can make in the field of global nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, as a leading nation in the civilian use of nuclear energy and the only country to have been subjected to nuclear bombings.

The Working Group started discussions about Japan’s role and the ways in which Japan can contribute internationally. To date, it has conducted research on a wide range of topics, including international management of nuclear fuel, denuclearization of North Korea, and global nuclear disarmament, and it has compiled the results into a sequence of policy recommendations. The first set of recommendations was published as “Proposals to the Japanese Government Concerning International Management of Plutonium – Aiming for reduction in plutonium stocks and adoption of new international norms” in June 2019. 
This report presents new policy recommendations on the role of the Japanese government concerning denuclearization of North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea).

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In December 2019, Former Ambassador Tetsuya Endo, one of the committee members, passed away. Ambassador Endo participated in the Working Group since its establishment and provided valuable input for the proposals. We hereby offer our sincerest condolences and extend our heartfelt gratitude to him.

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