Policy Proposals for Implementing “Proactive Contributions to Peace II ― For a Free and Open Indo-Pacific"

The second and final policy proposal for this project, this report identifies urgent policies for Japan’s international security strategy, including the critical role of cooperation between Japan and the international community to maintain stability in the free and open Indo-Pacific region and beyond.

By Sasakawa Peace Foundation, International Peace and Security Department

Japan’s Contribution to Global Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation

Keeping in mind the fact that 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki as well as the 50th anniversary of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)’s entry into force, the working group produced these policy recommendations to outline the contributions Japan can make toward global nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation.

By Working Group on New Initiatives for Nuclear Energy and Nuclear Non-Proliferation

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.

Proposals to the Japanese Government Concerning International Management of Plutonium

In September 2018, SPF launched the Working Group on New Initiatives for Nuclear Energy and Nuclear Non-Proliferation, which set out to consider a range of topics including Japan's lessons learned from the Fukushima nuclear accident, strategies to control and manage nuclear fuel on a global scale, ways for Japan to contribute to denuclearizing North Korea, and the new approaches to nuclear disarmament, nuclear non-proliferation, and the peaceful use of nuclear energy.

Report－Balance Sheet of US Allies and Implication for Japanese Alliance Policy

There is no doubt that the Japan-U.S. Alliance remains the cornerstone of Japanese security policy as well as being the most rational means for providing for Japan’s national defense. However, in the United States, criticism of unilateralism or asymmetry in the Japan-U.S. Alliance remains persistent. Thus, it is likely that the U.S. will demand its allies to share an ever greater portion of the defense burden in the future.