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August 1st-2nd, 1998
| 10:00 | Opening: Introduction of foreign guests, etc. | |
| 10:10 | Introduction of the Chairpersons | |
| 10:15 | Keynote speech | |
| 10:25 | Overview of the latest nuclear situation: Shigetoshi Iwamatsu | |
| 1)India and Pakistan tests and the road toward nuclear disarmament | ||
| 11:40 | Overview: Mitsuru Kurosawa | |
| 11:00 | Significance of the Indian nuclear test: Praful Bidwai | |
| 11:20 | Significance of the Pakistan nuclear test: Abdul Nayyar | |
| 11:40 | Military situation around India, Pakistan, and China: Shuzo Kimura | |
| Comments: | ||
| 12:00 | Reaction to the tests by the US government and conservatives: Stephen Young | |
| 12:08 | Reaction by the UK goverment: David Knight | |
| 12:16 | Reaction by the Russian government and Duma: Alexander Pikayev | |
| 12:24 | Reaction by the Chinese government: Liu Ming | |
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Lunch Break (30 minute-press conference on India and Pakistan with Bidwai and Nayyar) | ||
| 14:00 | Question and answers on the India-Pakistan situation (Discussion on the movement strategies for the elimination of nuclear weapons in general should wait till the next session) | |
| Break 15:00-1520 | ||
| 2)Our Demands to Nuclear Powers | ||
| 15:20 | Over view: Stephen Young | |
| 15:40 | European nuclear situation and strategies for disarmament: David Knight (including the UK Staregagic Review, NATO, etc.:short introduction of CND) | |
| 16:00 | Measures proposed by the US movement: Jo Ann Fuller (including a short introduction of Peace Action) | |
| 16:20 | The way out of the nuclear deadlock: Alexander Pikaev (including the latest on START 2) | |
| Discussion 16:40-17:30 | ||
| 3)The Northeast Asian Nuclear Free Zones and the tasks for Japan 9:30- | |
| 9:30 | The Northeast Asian Nuclear Free Zone--Korean view: Samssung Lee |
| 9:50 | The Northeast Asian Nuclear Free Zone--Chinese view: Liu Ming |
| 10:10 | The tasks for Japan--Departure from the nuclear umbrella and the establishment of Northeast Asian Nuclear Free Zone: Hiro Umebayashi |
| 10:30 | Break |
| 10:50 | Discussion |
| 11:50 | Lunch |
| 4)Danger of the nuclear technology--Assessment of the plutonium use plan | |
| 13:30 | Japanese anti-MOX movement- |
| 13:50 | Reprocessing in UK and (its relation with Japan): Liz Westmorland |
| 14:10 | German MOX plan--the future of nuclear power: Karin Wurzbacher |
| 14:30 | Dismantlement of nuclear weapons and plutonium disposition in the US: Mavis Belisle |
| 14:50 | MOX-Problem in Russia and the Position of the NGO: Oleg Bodrov |
| Reports from Fukui and Fukushima(proposed site for MOX use) | |
| 15:30 | Break |
| 15:50 | Comment on reprocessing issues from India: Praful Bidwai |
| 15:58 | Global warming: Mika Obayashi |
| 16:10 | Declaration against MOX transportation:Jin Takagi: Hideyuki Ban |
| 16:15 | Discussion |
| 17:10 | Summing up: Nagahisa Wada |
| 17:20 | Concluding remarks on the two day meeting |
| 17:30 | Closing |