What’s Peace Depot?

The Peace Depot is a non-profit, independent peace research, education and information institution which aims to build a security system that does not rely on military power. It was launched in November 1997, after a seven-year preparatory phase, and became incorporated as a Non-Profit Organization in January 2000 under the Japanese NPO Act.

Seven Aims

1. To become a think tank on peace issues to serve citizens and grassroots organizations, and to support peace education.

2. To promote activities in collaboration with NGOs around the world to change the prevailing view that peace is assured by military power.

3. To promote activities consistent with an understanding of the unique part that Japanese people may play to advance world peace, based on Japan’s pacifist constitution, its experience of atomic bombings, and reflection with regret upon its aggressive wartime role.

4. To promote activities that emphasize accurate information based on primary sources and easy-to-understand analysis.

5. To promote disclosure to the public of information on defense and diplomacy.

6. To promote new cooperative relations between grassroots movements and specialist communities.

7. To increase the social value of peace NGOs in Japan by fully utilizing the Peace Depot’s status of incorporation under the 1998 Act on NPO.

Publications

Books and Pamphlets

• Japanese Translation of The Naked Nuclear Emperor – Debunking Nuclear Deterrence (by Robert GREEN) , Nov 2000
• Japanese Translation of Fast Track to Zero Nuclear Weapons – The Middle Powers Initiative (by R. GREEN) , Jul 1999.
• UMEBAYASHI Hiromichi, U.S. Forces Japan as Grasped by FOIA, Dec 1992. （in Japanese）
• UMEBAYASHI H., U.S. Forces in Okinawa as Grasped by FOIA, Feb 1994. （in Japanese）

Periodicals

Nuclear Weapon & Nuclear Test Monitor (NWNTM) [Bi-weekly], since Jul 1995 （in Japanese）
Bound Volumes of NWNTMs （in Japanese）
Peace Depot Newsletter (twice yearly) （in Japanese）

Year Book

Nuclear Disarmament and Nuclear Weapon-Free Local Authorities, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004（in Japanese）

Nuclear Disarmament and Peace: for citizens and local authorities, 2005 – (in Japanese)