Hiroshima Round Table

Non-governmental international conference on nuclear disarmament

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 Round Table 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 11th conference was held in 2024.

Hiroshima Round Table 2024

On July 16 (Tue) and 17 (Wed), 2024, the “Hiroshima Round Table 2024” was held to discuss the creation of the “Hiroshima Watch,” which would verify the compliance status of various countries with their nuclear disarmament obligations, clarifies what each country must do in the future, and encourages action.

Scene from the Hiroshima Round Table 2024

Overview

◆Dates: July 16 (Tue), 17 (Wed), 2024

◆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 Chair’s statement. (Varies by year)

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

◆2024 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	Kazumi MIZUMOTO	Professor Emeritus Hiroshima City University
6	Japan	Wakana MUKAI	Associate Professor Faculty of International Relations, Asia University
7	Japan	Chitaru SHIMIZU	Director Arms Control and Disarmament Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
8	Japan	Tatsujiro SUZUKI	Vice Director Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition, Nagasaki University (RECNA)
9	Japan	Nobushige TAKAMIZAWA	Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, the University of Tokyo Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. Permanent Representative of Japan to the Conference on Disarmament
10	Japan	Hidehiko YUZAKI	Governor, Hiroshima Prefecture President, Hiroshima Organization for Global Peace (HOPe)
11	Australia	Gareth EVANS	Distinguished Honorary Professor, Australian National University Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Australia
12	Australia	Ramesh THAKUR	Emeritus Professor Australian National University
13	China	SHEN Dingli	Professor Institute of International Studies, Fudan University
14	China	ZHAO Tong	Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
15	Republic of Korea	JUN Bong-Geun	Professor Emeritus, Korea National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA)
16	Republic of Korea	KIM Youngjun	Professor, Dean of Academic Affairs of National Security College at the Korea National Defense University Non-Resident Fellow at National Bureau of Asian Research Advisor for Arms Control and Verification at the Ministry of National Defense
17	Russia	Anton KHLOPKOV	Director Center for Energy and Security Studies (CENESS)
18	U.S.A.	Jeffrey LEWIS	Director, East Asia Nonproliferation Program James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
19	U.S.A.	Scott SAGAN	Caroline S.G. Munro Professor of Political Science Stanford University
20	U.S.A.	Andrew C. WEBER	Senior Fellow, Council on Strategic Risk Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Defense Programs
21	U.S.A.	Isabelle WILLIAMS	Senior Director, Global Nuclear Policy Program Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI)

◆Agenda

- Opening (Explanation of the purpose by Prof. Fujiwara, The Chair)
- Session 1: Discussion on “Hiroshima Watch
- Session 2: Discussion on ‘Hiroshima Watch’ (continuation of discussion from Session 1)
- Session 3: Discussion on ‘Hiroshima Watch’ (continuation of discussion from Session 2)

◆Announcement of the results

The discussions on the creation of “Hiroshima Watch” were held at the Hiroshima Round Table, and the outline and draft of “Hiroshima Watch” were announced at a press conference on Wednesday, July 17. At the same time, it was announced that the publication of the final product, “Hiroshima Watch”, would be on Monday, August 5.

The press conference for “Hiroshima Round Table 2024”

Hiroshima Watch

Overview　

- It will confirm the status of implementation of the obligations of each country related to reducing nuclear risks and nuclear disarmament, as well as the status of implementation of the commitments that each country has pledged to itself, and based on this, it will clarify what should be done in the future and encourage each country to take action.
- 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.

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