Signatories

"Strongly committed to the ultimate elimination of nuclear weapons, Japan has lived in a difficult gap between the non-nuclear ideal and the nuclear reality. Surrounded by nuclear neighbors, non-nuclear Japan must find an elimination initiative that will not jeopardize its security by undermining the U.S. extended deterrence before the elimination is achieved. Global Zero could be it."

Professor Matake Kamiya is professor of International Relations at the National Defense Academy of Japan and a leading security expert in Japan. He is also a member of the board of directors of the Japan Association for International Security, and a member of the board of trustees as well as a member of the policy council of the Japan Forum on International Relations. He has published extensively on international relations, international security, Japan’s postwar pacifism, US-Japan security relations, and nuclear topics including Japan’s (non-)nuclear policy. His English-language publications include "Realistic Proactivism: Japanese Attitudes toward Global Zero," chapters in edited volumes, and articles in The Washington Quarterly and Arms Control Today, among others.