Japan’s Nuclear Identity and Its Implications for Nuclear Abolition

Daisuke Akimoto is Official Secretary in the House of Representatives, Japan, and former Assistant Professor at the Soka University Peace Research Institute, Japan.

• 1. Introduction: The Paradox of Japan’s Nuclear Identity.- 2. Japan as a ‘Nuclear-Bombed State’: The Genocidal Nature of Nuclear Violence.- 3. Japan as a ‘Nuclear Disarmament State’: Its Global Initiative for Nuclear Abolition.- 4. Japan as a ‘Nuclear-Threatened State’: Facing the Nuclear Threat of North Korea.- 5. Japan as a ‘Nuclear Umbrella State’: Embedded in the US Nuclear Strategy.- 6. Japan and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).- 7. The Future of Japan’s Nuclear Disarmament Diplomacy.