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Out of Kilter: Japan's Flawed Nuclear Disarmament Approach and the NPT

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Anthony DiFilippo
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Just before the May 2005 NPT (Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty) Review Conference, Tokyo made what appeared to be a bold announcement: Japan would press for the early entry into force of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) and for a reduction of all types of nuclear weapons. With the sixtieth anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki just a few months away, Japan was attempting to improve an image that had been undermined by its continuing willingness to accommodate the nuclear weapons states.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 3 , Issue 7 , July 2005 , e28
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