Hirofumi Tosaki is a Senior Research Fellow of the Center for the Promotion of Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (CPDNP), The Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA). He is an author of numerous articles on nuclear arms control, non-proliferation, nuclear strategy and deterrence, missile defense and so on. He earned his Ph.D from Osaka University.
Hirofumi Tosaki
Senior Research Fellow, Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA)
Content by Hirofumi Tosaki
Commentary
Bridging the Gap in Policy on Nuclear Weapons: A View from Japan
Hirofumi Tosaki, argues that Japan, like many other states under the U.S. ‘nuclear umbrella’, is wedged between two contradictory positions – that nuclear weapons must be eliminated as soon as possible and that nuclear weapons serve as the most effective way to deter war in an changing world.