Global Risk and Crisis Management Program
Entry into Force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: “Take into Consideration the Reality of the Security Environment,” Nobumasa Akiyama, Professor, Hitotsubashi University [In Japanese]
Summary
Rather than arguing that Japan should get out of the U.S. nuclear umbrella in order to join the Nuclear Weapons Convention, the article suggests to think how to improve the security environment in which the nuclear umbrella is necessary.
Publications Link
https://www.sankei.com/article/20210122-XJB2MQDJ2VIKBNYVWPPKJDTVXA/