Science4Peace Seminar: The Nuclear Threat in Northeast Asia
The Nuclear Threat in Northeast Asia: Political tensions, Societal concerns and possible Risk-reduction Initiatives
by
Prof Tatsujiro Suzuki
8 Oct 2025, 1 pm (CEST)
virtual event - ZOOM only
please register at: https://tinyurl.com/S4PseminarOct2025
Prof. Suzuki already gave a presentation at the Science for Peace Forum in November 2023, which was focussed on humanitarian impacts of nuclear weapon use in Northeast Asia. In the last couple of years, the nuclear threats in that Region have further increased. Therefore, it will be interesting receiving from him an updated view of the situation in that Region, as well as information on possible actions that governments and other policymakers may adopt to reduce the threats. Some concrete ideas are presented in a book *, recently published by Tatsujiro Suzuki together with colleagues from RECNA ** and other institutions. In addition to the status of the situation in Northeast Asia, the speaker will present the key points treated in the book and the relevant reflections they can, and should, trigger. He will be available to interact with the participants after his talk.
Tatsujiro SUZUKI is a Visiting Professor of Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition at Nagasaki University (RECNA), Japan and now President of non-profit organization, “Peace Depot”. Before joining RECNA, he was a Vice Chairman of Japan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) of the Cabinet office from January 2010 to March 2014. He is now a member of Advisory Board of Parliament's Special Committee on Nuclear Energy since June2017. He is also a Council Member (2007-09 and from 2014~)and now appointed as Chair of Executive Committee of Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, co-chair of International Panel on Fissile Materials (IPFM) and a member Advisory Panel of Asia Pacific Leadership Network for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (APLN), Non-resident Senior Fellow of UN Institute for Disarmament ResearchDr. Suzuki has a PhD in nuclear engineering from Tokyo University (1988).
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