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2021年6月23日

International Joint Seminar “Assessing Northeast Asia Nuclear Domino: North Korean Nuclear Threat and Japanese Responses” (Jul. 2, 2021)

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This workshop was originally proposed by Asia Pacific Leadership Network for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament (APLN) to assess possible responses of Republic of Korea and Japan to nuclear threats from Democratic People’s of Republic of Korea (DPRK) in 2020. Due to COVID-19 pandemic, the workshop was postponed to this year.
Now the workshop is jointly organized by APLN, Sejong Institute of ROK, and Pugwash Japan. It is intended to exchange frank opinions on this issue among experts, NGOs and parliamentarians from both countries.

This is the second series of three workshops and the first one was held in Seoul on May 14, 2021. And the third one is now planned to be held in Seoul in November 2021.
Pugwash Japan is hosting this second workshop (on-line).

【Date & Time】 July 2, 2021 6:30 p.m. – 8:45 p.m. (JST)
【Place】 On-line (Zoom Webinar)
【Language】 English or Japanese (with simultaneous interpretation)
*Workshop is open to the public and no admission fee is required.

Register here.

Please see the here about this program agenda and detailed information.

Co-hosted by: Asia Pacific Leadership Network for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament (APLN), The Sejong Institute, Pugwash Japan
In cooperation with: International Peace Research Institute, Meiji Gakuin University (PRIME), Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition, Nagasaki University (RECNA)
Supported by: Open Society Foundation

 

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2021年6月14日

2021 Posters of “The World’s Nuclear Warheads Count” and “The World’s Fissile Material Inventory” were released. Please click on the thumbnail images below and download the pdf posters.
 

The World’s Nuclear Warheads Count

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Jun. 2021

>> Posters before 2021 can be downloaded from here.

The World’s Fissile Material Inventory

Japanese English Korean
       
Jun. 2021

>> Posters before 2021 can be downloaded from here.
 

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2021年4月6日

RECNA Newsletter Vol.9 No.2 (March 31, 2021)

Newsletter Vol.9 No.2 _ RECNA Policy Paper: Entry into Force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: Aiming for a New Nuclear Disarmament
— Fumihiko Yoshida

Special Symposium to Commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Nagasaki Atomic Bombing “Peace and Disarmament Education in an Emerging Era of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons”
— Keiko Nakamura

Northeast Asia Nuclear Weapons Free Zone Initiative: The 75th Anniversary Nagasaki: Nuclear-Pandemic Nexus Scenario Project
— Tatsujiro Suzuki

RECNA Research Group  meeting: How to pass on the experiences of the atomic bomb survivors
— Taeko Kiriya, Noriko Hashiba

The Ninth Nagasaki Youth Delegation begin their activities
— Members of the Ninth Nagasaki Youth Delegation

>>for details

 

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2021年3月29日

Video Teaching Material Release Announcement

This video is an edited version of a special lecture “The Origin of Violence and War: Considering Human Evolution from the Perspective of Gorillas” by Juichi Yamagiwa, former President of Kyoto University, at the Special Symposium “Peace and Disarmament Education in an Emerging Era of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons” (November 25, 2020) commemorating the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing, hosted by the Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition, Nagasaki University (RECNA).

Speaker:
Dr. Juichi YAMAGIWA, Former President of Kyoto University
Dr. Yamagiwa
< Speaker’s bio >
Born in Tokyo in 1952. He obtained his Doctor of Science degree from Kyoto University’s Graduate School of Science. Currently, Dr. Yamagiwa serves as the president of the Japan Monkey Center museum. He has served in a number of senior positions, including the 26th president of Kyoto University, the president of the Japan Association of National Universities, the president of the Science Council of Japan, the president of Japan Primatological Society, and the president of International Promatological Society. His major research interests are primatology and human evolution, fields that have led him to spend considerable time in Africa conducting research on gorillas. His published works include “The origin of violence“(“Bouryoku wa doko kara kita noka?,” NHK publishing, 2007), “Evolution Theory of Family (“Kazoku shinka ron,” University of Tokyo Press, 2012), “The Simianization of Human Society” (“Saruka suru ningen shakai,” Shueisha, 2014), “A Warning from the Gorillas: some problems in human society” (“Gorira kara no keikoku: ningen shakai, kokoga okashii,” Mainichi Shimbun Publishing, 2018), “Children who wish to throw away their mobile phones” (“Smaho wo sutetai kodomo tachi,” Poplar Publishing, 2020), and “I ‘ve learned all important things in life from gorillas” (“Jinsei de daiji na koto wa minna gorira kara osowatta,” Ienohikari kyokai, 2020).

For Japanese

 

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2021年3月15日

RECNA’s Website will be performing server maintenance on the following dates.

Date and time: March 18(Thu.) from 15:00 to 16:00 (JST)

During maintenance, RECNA’s website may be temporarily unavailable for viewing.
We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your cooperation.
 

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