August 28, 2024

The Committee on Cooperation for the Destruction of Nuclear Weapons Reduced in the Republic of Kazakhstan (Japan-Kazakhstan Committee) will be dissolved on August 29 of this year, following the Committee on Cooperation for the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (Japan-Belarus Committee) (closed on January 24, 2015), the Committee on Cooperation for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons Reduced in Ukraine (Japan-Ukraine Committee)(closed on July 15, 2018), and the Committee on Cooperation to Assist the Destruction of Nuclear Weapons Reduced in the Russian Federation (Japan-Russia Committee) (closed on May 21, 2024).

With the dissolution of the all Committees between Japan and four countries, Technical Secretariat on Cooperation for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons Reduced in the Former Soviet Union (the collective name for the above four committees) will also be dissolved.