Are Japan's and Germany's Nuclear Energy Policies Changing?

Public Panel Discussion on Future of Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Treaty to Be Held January 11, 2016, at Freie Universität Berlin. A panel discussion dealing with Japan's and Germany's nuclear weapons policies will be held on January 11, 2016, at Freie Universität Berlin. The panelists will discuss the current status of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and the possibilities and limitations of the so-called Humanitarian Initiative based on the examples of Germany and Japan. The Humanitarian Initiative is a group of states that subscribe to the initiative's joint statement against nuclear weapons. The aim of the initiative is to revitalize the NPT. The panelists will include Dr. Oliver Meier from the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Richard Samuels from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA) and Einstein Visiting Fellow at the Graduate School of East Asian Studies, Freie Universität Berlin, and Dr. Suzuki Tatsujiro from the Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition at Nagasaki University. The discussion will be conducted in English.