Minoru Terada, a special adviser to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, spoke to The Yomiuri Shimbun about the government's efforts toward nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation. The following is excerpted from his remarks.
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons has widened the gap between nuclear powers and non-nuclear states. Japan's role is to seek both sides to make compromises and build consensus toward nuclear disarmament, even if only in stages.
It will be important to get the nuclear powers, especially China, to disclose the number of nuclear warheads they possess and commit to phasing them out.
