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RECNA Newsletter Vol.13 No.1 (September 30, 2024)

Newsletter Vol.13 No.1   Greetings upon Taking Office
— Kazuko Hikawa

Publication of RECNA Policy Paper 20
— Kimiaki Kawai

Establishment of the Research Center for Global Risk
— Kazuko Hikawa

Nagasaki Youth Delegation Visits Geneva
— The Twelfth Nagasaki Youth Delegation

Redesigning of the World’s Nuclear Warhead Data Poster
— Keiko Nakamura

The 3rd Essay Contest on a “Nuclear Weapons Free Future”
— Tatsujiro Suzuki

Two New Visiting Professors Take Up Their Posts
— Fumihiko Yoshida

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RECNA Newsletter Vol.12 No.2 (March 31, 2024)

Newsletter Vol.12 No.2   Results of the initiative to put online and digitize the reality of the atomic bombing, and the future
— Mitsuhiro Hayashida

The Steady Growth of the Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament: Recent Developments and an Interview with Dr. Masao Tomonaga
— Hibiki Yamaguchi

FY2023 Citizen’ Lectures and Special Citizens’ Seminar
— Kimiaki Kawai

Final Report of the Project on “Reducing the Risk of Nuclear Weapons Use in Northeast Asia (NU-NEA)”
— Tatsujiro Suzuki

RECNA Workshop on Nuclear Disarmament report: Interaction with UCS, SIPRI, UNIDIR
— Fumihiko Yoshida, Tatsujiro Suzuki

The Twelfth Nagasaki Youth Delegation members begin their activities
— Members of the Twelfth Nagasaki Youth Delegation

[Full text] * Citation URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10069/0002000821

RECNA Newsletter Vol.12 No.1 (September 30, 2023)

Newsletter Vol.12 No.1   Thinking from Nagasaki—Greetings upon Taking Office
— Kimiaki Kawai

Beginning a New Joint Project with Carnegie Endowment for International Peace:A New Path toward Nuclear Disarmament
— Fumihiko Yoshida

Nagasaki Youth Delegation Visits Vienna
— The Eleventh Nagasaki Youth Delegation

Publication of RECNA Policy Paper on Nuclear Weapons and International Politics, Nuclear Weapons and International Humanitarian Law
— Fumihiko Yoshida, Kimiaki Kawai

The Project on “Reducing the Risk of Nuclear Weapons Use in Northeast Asia (NU-NEA)”
— Tatsujiro Suzuki

The 2nd Essay Contest on a “Nuclear Weapons Free Future”
— Keiko Nakamura

[Full text] * Citation URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10069/0002000309

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RECNA Newsletter Vol.11 No.2 (March 31, 2023)

Newsletter Vol.11 No.2   The past ten years for RECNA and the PCU Nagasaki Council for Nuclear Weapons Abolition
— Susumu Shirabe

Commemoration events for the 10th anniversary of the establishment of RECNA and PCU-NC
— Tatsujiro Suzuki

The Project on “Reducing the risk of Nuclear Weapons Use in Northeast Asia (NU-NEA)”
— Michiru Nishida

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

[Full text] * Citation URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10069/00042200

RECNA Newsletter Vol.11 No.1 (September 30, 2022)

Newsletter Vol.11 No.1   The TPNW First Meeting of States Parties: Report from Vienna
— Masao Tomonaga

The TPNW First Meeting of States Parties: Working Paper on Victim Assistance
— Satoshi Hirose

“Nagasaki Before the A-Bomb” Slide Materials and “Aerial Photo Archive”
— Mitsuhiro Hayashida

Launch of Panel on Peace and Security of Northeast Asia (PSNA) 2
— Tatsujiro Suzuki

2022 Nagasaki Peace Declaration – Time to Regain an Awareness of Civil Society’s Role
— Satoshi Hirose

Nagasaki Youth Delegation Visits New York
— Myogyon Kan, Ami Inohara

[Full text] * Citation URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10069/00041906

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RECNA Newsletter Vol.10 No.2 (March 31, 2022)

Newsletter Vol.10 No.2   Possible Nuclear Use Cases in Northeast Asia: Implications for Reducing Nuclear Risk Report
— Tatsujiro Suzuki

Policy paper published on the topic of disarmament education
— Keiko Nakamura

Policy Paper: Joint statement of the leaders of the five nuclear-weapon states
— Michiru Nishida

The initiative to put online and digitize the reality of atomic bombing
— Mitsuhiro Hayashida

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

RECNA’s Eye
— Fumihiko Yoshida

[Full text] * Citation URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10069/00041487

RECNA Newsletter Vol.10 No.1 (September 30, 2021)

Newsletter Vol.10 No.1   Returning to my Starting Point – a greeting upon taking office
— Michiru Nishida

Passing down the Reality of Atomic Bombing: Digital educational materials “Meet the Hibakusha”
— Mitsuhiro Hayashida

Between legacy and policy: Nuclear Legacy and Nuclear Policy Research Society
— Hibiki Yamaguchi

Project on Reducing the Risks of Nuclear Weapons Use in Northeast Asia (NU-NEA) – So that nuclear weapons are never used again –
— Tatsujiro Suzuki

A Determined Step Toward a New Era: the 2021 Nagasaki Peace Declaration
— Satoshi Hirose

Youth Delegates Meet with Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu and Ms. Natsuki Yasuda
— Fumihiko Yoshida

Activity Report: Ninth Nagasaki Youth Delegation
— The Ninth Nagasaki Youth Delegation

[Full text] * Citation URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10069/00041072

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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

[Full text] * Citation URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10069/00040630

RECNA Newsletter Vol.9 No.1 (September 30, 2020)

Newsletter Vol.9 No.1   Interview Series: Nuclear Weapons, COVID-19, Climate Change – What Lies at the Roots of these Problems
— Fumihiko Yoshida

Policy Paper: 50th Anniversary of the NPT Entering into Force “Opposing a World with Nuclear Weapons” (July 2020)
— Tatsujiro Suzuki

Joint Research on “Disarmament Education”
— Keiko Nakamura

Nagasaki Peace Declaration 2020: 75 years of a “World with Nuclear Weapons”
— Satoshi Hirose

Looking back on Nagasaki Youth Delegation Activities
— Members of the Eighth Nagasaki Youth Delegation

[Full text] * Citation URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10069/40369

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RECNA Newsletter Vol.8 No.2 (March 31, 2020)

Newsletter Vol.8 No.2   Nagasaki special citizens’ seminar: Commemorating the publication of the Japanese-language version of Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War by Susan Southard
— Keiko Nakamura

Pope Francis’s visit to the atomic bombing site
— Chie Shijo

Nagasaki special citizens’ seminar: US Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Asia: Past Present and Future
— Tatsujiro Suzuki

Promulgation of Japan-ROK proposal for a Northeast Asia Nuclear Weapons-Free Zone (NEA-NWFZ) (Japanese, English)
— Fumihiko Yoshida

RECNA Holds “Nagasaki Atomic Bombing and Postwar History Research Society” Symposium
— Taeko Kiriya

Does the Chair’s Report of the Group of Eminent Persons Build Bridges to Nuclear Disarmament?
— Masao Tomonaga

Nagasaki Youth Delegation Activities up to now
— Nagasaki Youth Delegation

[Full text] * Citation URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10069/39898

RECNA Newsletter Vol.8 No.1 (September 30, 2019)

Newsletter Vol.8 No.1RECNA Newsletter will be issued only electronically twice a year (September / March) from this fiscal year.   Joint ROK-Japan Workshop “From Peace on Korean Peninsula to North East Asia Nuclear Weapon Free Zone” Held in South Korea
— Fumihiko Yoshida

Publication of the RECNA Policy Paper No. 8 “Nuclear Disarmament in a Labyrinth: Toward Reducing Risk”
— Tatsujiro Suzuki

Participating in the Third Session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2020 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)
— Keiko Nakamura

Nagasaki Youth Delegation: Activities in New York
— Nagasaki Youth Delegation

Visit to Japan of Ambassador Syed Mohamad Hasrin Tengku Hussin, chair of the Third Session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2020 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)
— Satoshi Hirose

Kyoto Appeal produced by the Group of Eminent Persons for Substantive Advancement of Nuclear Disarmament
— Masao Tomonaga

2019 Nagasaki Peace Declaration: Thoughts on Inheriting Hibakusha’s Experiences
— Satoshi Hirose

[Full text] * Citation URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10069/39499

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RECNA Newsletter Vol.7 No.4 (March 31, 2019)

Newsletter Vol.7 No.4   Strengthening Collaboration with Korean Research Institutions: Renewal of the Memorandum of Cooperation with the Institute for Peace and Unification Studies (IPUS)
— Tatsujiro Suzuki

A New Collaboration with the Sejong Institute in South Korea
— Fumihiko Yoshida

Upon the conclusion of “Workshop III Building a world without nuclear weapons with future generations” of the 6th Nagasaki Global Citizens’ Assembly for Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
— Hanako Mitsuoka

What is the role of RECNA in the gap between the ideal and the reality of the recent Korean Peninsula situation?
— Byungdug Jun

Dispatches from Nagasaki No.27: The notice of withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty – Statement from an atomic-bombed city
— Satoshi Hirose

[Full text] * Citation URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10069/38882

RECNA Newsletter Vol.7 No.3 (December 31, 2018)

Newsletter Vol.7 No.3   PCU-NC and RECNA invites Dr. Mark Suh and holds a press conference at Japan National Press Club
— Fumihiko Yoshida

Members of Nagasaki Youth Delegation 2019 are chosen
— Nagasaki Youth Delegation

Nagasaki special citizens’ seminar: The Atomic Bombings were Unnecessary – UCSB Emeritus Professor Tsuyoshi Hasegawa
— Hibiki Yamaguchi

Dispatches from Nagasaki No.26: Sixth Nagasaki Global Citizens’ Assembly for Elimination of Nuclear Weapons (Nagasaki City, November 16-18, 2018)
— Masao Tomonaga

[Full text] * Citation URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10069/38792

RECNA Newsletter Vol.7 No.2 (September 30, 2018)

Newsletter Vol.7 No.2   How to proceed to ’the world without nuclear weapons’: A close aide to President Barack Obama speaks
— Fumihiko Yoshida

The Significance of the U.S. – North Korea- Summit and Future Challenges
— Tatsujiro Suzuki

Library Gallery Exhibition
— Rena Harada

Visiting Lectures
— Taiki Miura

Dispatches from Nagasaki No.25: Nagasaki Peace Declaration 2018
— Satoshi Hirose

[Full text] * Citation URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10069/38613

RECNA Newsletter Vol.7 No.1 (June 30, 2018)

  The 3rd Panel on Peace and Security of Northeast Asia (PSNA) Workshop
— Tatsujiro Suzuki

The second preparatory Committee for the 2020 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference
— Nagasaki Youth Delegation

Outline of the proposal of the Eminent Persons Group
— Masao Tomonaga

Dispatches from Nagasaki No.24: The U.S.-North Korea Summit and Joint Statement – Responses from Nagasaki
— Tatsujiro Suzuki

[Full text] * Citation URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10069/38419

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RECNA Newsletter Vol.6 No.4 (March 31, 2018)

  Ms. Beatrice Fihn, Executive Director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) Visits Nagasaki
— Tatsujiro Suzuki

Nuclear Deterrence and Citizens
— Satoshi Hirose

“I want to be the kind of person who continues to have hope” From the Talk Session with Ms. Beatrice Fihn
— Hanako Mitsuoka

Dispatches from Nagasaki No.23: The Reaction in Atomic-bombed Cities to the Trump Administration Nuclear Posture Review
— Satoshi Hirose

[Full text] * Citation URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10069/38147

RECNA Newsletter Vol.6 No.3 (December 31, 2017)

  Open Symposium How to Confront the Nuclear Threat: Denuclearization and Security in North-East Asia
— Tatsujiro Suzuki

International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN): My Insights as an Intern
— Jo Takeda

Members of the Sixth Nagasaki Youth Delegation are Chosen
— Nagasaki Youth Delegation

Dispatches from Nagasaki No.22
— Satoshi Hirose

[Full text] * Citation URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10069/37951

RECNA Newsletter Vol.6 No.2 (September 30, 2017)

  On the passing away of Dr. Hideo Tsuchiyama
— Susumu Shirabe

Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons adopted by a majority
— Keiko Nakamura

2nd Meeting of the Panel on Peace and Security of Northeast Asia held in Ulaanbaatar
— Tatsujiro Suzuki

2017 Nagasaki Peace Declaration: Make Nagasaki the last place to suffer an atomic bombing
— Satoshi Hirose

Dispatches from Nagasaki No.21
— Tatsujiro Suzuki

[Full text] * Citation URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10069/37866

RECNA Newsletter Vol.6 No.1 (June 30, 2017)

  The First Preparatory Committee for the 2020 Review Coference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT): what was its impact upon negotiations for Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty?
— Keiko Nakamura

“Research Group for Nagasaki Atomic Bombing and Post-War History” was founded.
— Taeko Kiriya

Activities of the Nagasaki Youth Delegation in Vienna
— Nagasaki Youth Delegation

Dispatches from Nagasaki No.20: Global High-level Movement Conference on Nuclear Weapons in Nagasaki
— Fumihiko Yoshida

[Full text] * Citation URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10069/37718

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RECNA Newsletter Vol.5 No.4 (March 31, 2017)

  Taking up my post–Reasoning from an atomic-bombed city
— Fumihiko Yoshida

Public Symposium: The Threat of Nuclear Terrorism in North East Asia
— Tatsujiro Suzuki

Public Symposium: South Asia’s Nuclear Danger
— Tatsujiro Suzuki

Members of the Fifth Nagasaki Youth Delegation are Chosen
— Nagasaki Youth Delegation

Dispatches from Nagasaki No.19: The 26th United Nations Conference on Disarmament Issues: Reactions from Nagasaki
— Satoshi Hirose

[Full text] * Citation URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10069/37151

RECNA Newsletter Vol.5 No.3 (January 31, 2017)

  Northeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone: Launch of the “Nagasaki Process”
— Tatsujiro Suzuki

First Committee, General Assembly of the United Nations: Adoption of a Resolution to Commence Negotiations on a Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons
— Keiko Nakamura

Public Symposium: Security Challenges and Denuclearization of Northeast Asia
— Satoshi Hirose

Dis@patches from Nagasaki No.18: The Reaction in Nagasaki to the UN’s Adoption of a Resolution for Negotiations on a Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons
— Keiko Nakamura

[Full text] * Citation URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10069/37025

RECNA Newsletter Vol.5 No.2 (October 31, 2016)

  Nagasaki Youth Delegation: Northeast Asia Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
— Hirono Shiranami

Nagasaki Youth Delegation: Peace Caravan
— Ayumi Inagaki

United Nations Open-Ended Working Group ― Issues for the future of Japan ―
— Keiko Nakamura

Dispatches from Nagasaki No.17: The Reaction in Nagasaki to Reports on Obama Administration “No-First-Use” Nuclear Weapons Policy
— Tastujiro Suzuki

[Full text] * Citation URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10069/36924

RECNA Newsletter Vol.5 No.1 (July 31, 2016)

  UN OEWG on Nuclear Disarmament
— Keiko Nakamura

US President’s Visit to Hiroshima and Issues for the Future
— Tastujiro Suzuki

The Determination and Faith of Dr. Mahathir
— Satoshi Hirose

Dispatches from Nagasaki No.16: The Reaction in Nagasaki to President Obama’s Visit to Hiroshima
— Satoshi Hirose

[Full text] * Citation URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10069/36664

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RECNA Newsletter Vol.4 No.2 (March 31, 2016)

  Looking Back at the NPT Review Conference of 2015
— Satoshi Hirose, Keiko Nakamura

The United Nations Conference on Disarmament Issues in Hiroshima; and The Nuclear Disarmament Symposium on the 70th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombs: “Issues in and a Prospect for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons—In the Wake of the Outcome of the 2015 NPT Review Conference”
— Tastujiro Suzuki

Nagasaki Peace Declaration 2015—To Return to the Foundation of Peace
— Satoshi Hirose

[Full text] * Citation URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10069/36270

RECNA Newsletter Vol.4 No.1 (June 30, 2015)

  Towards a world free of nuclear weapons: benchmarks and timeframes
— Hiromichi Umebayashi

Attending the Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons
— Keiko Nakamura

RECNA Research Seminar: Dr. Gregory Kulacki of the UCS
— Tastujiro Suzuki

Handing Down the Atomic Bombing Experience – Continuing to Speak about the Tragedy
— Chie Shijo

[Full text] * Citation URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10069/35755

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RECNA Newsletter Vol.3 No.2 (February 28, 2015)

  Establishment of a “Northeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone” Taken up as an Issue by the United Nations
— Hiromichi Umebayashi

“Denuclearization of Northeast Asia and of the World” the 3rd Workshop Held in Tokyo
— Hiromichi Umebayashi

2014 Nagasaki Peace Declaration : Where Japan shall stand?
— Satoshi Hirose

The Social Responsibility of Scientists and the Nuclear Issue
— Tatsujiro Suzuki

[Full text] * Citation URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10069/35121

RECNA Newsletter Vol.3 No.1 (August 1, 2014)

  A Project to Monitor “The World’s Nuclear Warheads Count”
— Akira Tomizuka

The Pugwash Conference Comes to Nagasaki
— Susumu Shirabe

Passing On the Atomic Bomb Experience & the Total Abolition of Nuclear Weapons
— Makoto Takayama

Report: Participating in the Nayarit Conference on the Inhumanity of Nuclear Weapons
— Keiko Nakamura

Nagasaki Youth Delegation: Towards a Building New Bridges Between Heiden and Nagasaki
— Kenichi Ejima

[Full text] * Citation URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10069/34653

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RECNA Newsletter Vol.2 No.2 (February 28, 2014)

  A Look Back on the Year After Our Founding
— Hiromichi Umebayashi

2nd Preparatory Committee for the 2015 NPT Review Conference: Mounting Issues & Faint Hopes
— Satoshi Hirose, Keiko Nakamura

Unification at the Nuclear Weapon Free Zone Workshop in Seoul & the United Nations Open-ended Working Group
— Hiromichi Umebayashi

2013 Nagasaki Peace Declaration* The Frustrations of Nagasaki, a Victim of the Atomic Bomb
— Satoshi Hirose

[Full text] * Citation URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10069/34217

RECNA Newsletter Vol.2 No.1 (August 1, 2013)

  How the Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition was Formed: Events Leading to Establishment of RECNA
— Susumu Shirabe

RECNA Research Project: Quest for a Bold Negotiating Package for the Denuclearization of Northeast Asia
— Hiromichi Umebayashi

Proposal for Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons as International Humanitarian Law
— Satoshi Hirose

Monitoring the UN First Committee
— Keiko Nakamura

[Full text] * Citation URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10069/33297

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RECNA Newsletter Vol.1 No.1 (December 31, 2012)

  On the commencement of publication: The RECNA Resolved to Shift Conditions toward a World Free of Nuclear Weapons and to Bring Up Youth Leaders
— Hiromichi Umebayashi

Joint hosting with PNND Japan of a report meeting for diet members
— Keiko Nakamura

The 2012 Nagasaki Peace Declaration
— Mariko Mine

[Full text] * Citation URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10069/30232

 

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