Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition

RECNA Newsletter Vol.14 No.1 (September 30, 2025)

Greetings upon Taking Office — Jaroslav Krasny Participation in the TPNW Meeting of States Parties and the NPT Preparatory Committee — Kimiaki Kawai Dialogue Project — Fumihiko Yoshida Collaboration with the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) — Fumihiko Yoshida Update on the 2025 Edition of World’s Nuclear Warhead Data — Keiko Nakamura Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of the war and the atomic bombings: International Human Resource Development Project — Kazuko Hikawa The Thirteenth Nagasaki Youth Delegation Activity Report — Kazuko Hikawa [Full text]　* Citation URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10069/0002000821

Vol.8, Issue 1 of Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament (J-PAND) is now available online.

For the issue, see here.
The issue features “The Future of Nuclear Stability in East Asia” with an introductory article by Jon B. Wolfsthal & Toby Dalton.
 

A Joint Set of Recommendations for Avoiding Nuclear Danger in Northeast Asia
Jon Wolfsthal, Toby Dalton, Fumihiko Yoshida, Michiru Nishida

RECNA has conducted joint research with the Federation of American Scientists (FAS), and as a result of this collaboration, has released a “A Joint Set of Recommendations for Avoiding Nuclear Danger in Northeast Asia”

■ A Joint Set of Recommendations for Avoiding Nuclear Danger in Northeast Asia

The English version of the Dialogue Project website is now available.

≫ Dialogue Project：https://recna-taiwa.com/en/
 

International Symposium2025
Memories for the Future: How to Pass Down A-bomb Archives as a Living Testament ▶[JPN]

On Saturday, July 19, 2025, The international symposium will be held co-hosted by the Hiroshima Peace Institute (HPI), The Hiroshima Peace Media Center, and RECNA.

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■Outline:
In conjunction with the Nihon Hidankyo (the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations)’s Nobel Peace Prize win, the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway, is currently holding an exhibition introducing the stories and works of Nihon Hidankyo and displaying related photographs and other archives. Such archives have played a significant role in recording and conveying the damage caused by the atomic bombings, as well as the A-bomb survivors’ testimonies. As the A-bomb survivors age and their numbers shrink, less of them can directly talk about their experiences year by year, resulting in these archives becoming even more important.
On the 80th commemoration of the atomic bombings, this year’s symposium will introduce the efforts that have been made up to now to preserve these archives, including those of the Nihon Hidankyo. It will also consider how to preserve this collection of archives for posterity.