Hiroshima Roundtable

In order to make the “Supporting the Roadmap for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons” in the “Hiroshima for Global Peace Plan” more concrete, we have annually held the Hiroshima Roundtable since 2013 as a place to have a multi-lateral and international discussion on nuclear disarmament and arms control.

This conference has been held every year except for 2020, when it was canceled due to the spread of the new coronavirus, and the 12th conference was held in September 2025.

Hiroshima Roundtable 2025

On Monday, September 1, and Tuesday, September 2, 2025, the “Hiroshima Roundtable 2025” was held. This conference aimed to examine the status of nuclear disarmament commitments and implementation within the international community, including nuclear-weapon states, through discussions by nuclear disarmament experts and the creation of the second “Hiroshima Watch.” It also sought to broadly present policy initiatives to the world and serve as an opportunity to shape international public opinion for advancing nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation.

Scene from the Hiroshima Roundtable 2025 Scene from the Hiroshima Roundtable 2025

Overview

◆Dates: September 1 (Mon) and 2 (Tue), 2025

◆Sponsor: Hiroshima Prefecture, Hiroshima Organization for Global Peace (abbrev. HOPe)
　*HOPe is composed of: Hiroshima Prefecture, Mayors for Peace, Hiroshima Keizai Doyukai, Hiroshima University etc. (Total of 20 organizations)

◆Contents: Hold discussion session about theme, then present the policy proposal document. (Varies by year)

◆Participants
　17 Experts from Japan and other countries including United States of America, Korea, Australia etc. including former cabinet ministers or globally cutting edge researchers etc.

◆2025 Participants
*Country-by-country, in alphabetical order
*The affiliations, etc. are as of the time of the conference.

	Country	Name	Affiliation
1	Japan	Nobuyasu ABE	Former UN Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs
2	Japan	Nobumasa AKIYAMA	Professor, Graduate School of Law Dean, School of International and Public Policy, Hitotsubashi University
3	Japan	Kiichi FUJIWARA	Project Professor, Faculty of International Liberal Arts, Juntendo University Professor Emeritus and Visiting Professor, Institute for Future Initiatives, University of Tokyo
4	Japan	Shuhei KURIZAKI	Associate Professor School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University
5	Japan	Wakana MUKAI	Associate Professor Faculty of International Relations, Asia University
6	Japan	Tatsujiro SUZUKI	President, Nonprofit Organization Peace Depot Visiting Professor, Nagasaki University
7	Japan	Hidehiko YUZAKI	Governor, Hiroshima Prefecture President, Hiroshima Organization for Global Peace (HOPe)
8	Australia	Gareth EVANS	Distinguished Honorary Professor, Australian National University Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Australia
9	China	ZHAO Tong	Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
10	Republic of Korea	KIM Youngjun	Professor, Dean of Academic Affairs of National Security College at the Korea National Defense University Advisor for Arms Control and Verification at the Ministry of National Defense
11	Poland	Lukasz KULESA	Director , Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)
12	Russia	Anton KHLOPKOV	Director Center for Energy and Security Studies (CENESS)
13	U.S.A.	G. John Ikenberry	Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs Princeton University
14	U.S.A.	Jeffrey LEWIS	Director, East Asia Nonproliferation Program James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
15	U.S.A.	Scott SAGAN	Caroline S.G. Munro Professor of Political Science Stanford University
16	U.S.A.	Wilfred WAN	Director, Weapons of Mass Destruction Programme, Stockholm International Peace Reserch Institute(SIPRI)
17	U.S.A.	Andrew C. WEBER	Senior Fellow, Council on Strategic Risk Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Defense Programs

Scene from the Hiroshima Roundtable 2025（２）

◆Agenda

- Opening (Opening Address by Governor Yuzaki, Explanation of the purpose of the Conference by Prof. Fujiwara, The Chair)
- Session 1: Discussion - The Situation Surrounding Nuclear Weapons: From Past to Present
- Session 2: Discussion - Reversing the Growing Reliance on Nuclear Weapons
- Session 3: Discussion - The Potential and Dangers of Nuclear Proliferation, and Methods to Achieve Nuclear Non-Proliferation
- Session 4: Discussion - Policy Recommendations for the Future

◆Announcement of the results

Following the conclusion of the September 2 (Tuesday) conference, we held a press conference to announce the discussions held at the Hiroshima Roundtable. At that time, we announced that we would create the deliverable, “Hiroshima Watch,” and publish it at a later date.

Hiroshima Roundtable 2025 Press Conference The press conference for “Hiroshima Roundtable 2025”

Hiroshima Watch

Overview　

- “Hiroshima Watch” is a policy proposal that questions the implementation of countries' commitments to nuclear disarmament and urges action to realize a peaceful world free of nuclear weapons.
- While the “Hiroshima Report” is an objective analysis that scores the actions of nuclear weapon states and major non-nuclear weapon states in the fields of nuclear disarmament, nuclear non-proliferation and security for each year based on certain criteria, the “Hiroshima Watch” is a compilation of expert opinions that aims to raise awareness of nuclear weapons issues in civil society and to make policy recommendations to each country on pressing issues surrounding nuclear weapons.
- For details, please refer to the “Hiroshima Watch” page.

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