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Masako Toki

Masako Toki is the senior project manager and research associate in the Nonproliferation Education Program at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, where she studies Japan’s nonproliferation and disarmament policy and promotes disarmament education for young generations.

Articles by Masako Toki

Erico Platt looks at the disarmament exhibition that she staged in 2022, "Three Quarters of a Century After Hiroshima and Nagasaki: The Hibakusha—Brave Survivors Working for a Nuclear-Free World." Photo by UNODA/Diane Barnes.

Respect for hibakusha, and hope in younger generations

By Masako Toki | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

A choir of Hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors) sing "Never Again." Hiroshima-Nagasaki 2012. Credit: The Official CTBTO Photostream. Accessed via Wikimedia Commons.

As atomic bomb survivors age, they’re motivating the next generation on disarmament

By Masako Toki | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Trump and Abe at oval office

After the Trump-Kim summit: Where does Japan go from here?

By Masako Toki | Nuclear Risk, Opinion

Hibakusha, the ban treaty, and future generations

By Masako Toki | Collections, Hiroshima & Nagasaki, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Special Topics

Can Japan become a bridge-builder for nuclear disarmament?

By Masako Toki | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Special Topics

Heavy lifting ahead in the Japan-India nuclear deal

By Masako Toki | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Technology and Security

Opportunity after the disaster

By Masako Toki | Nuclear Energy, Opinion

Leaving its comfort zone: Japan’s special role in creating a world free of nuclear weapons

By Masako Toki | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Japan’s dilemma: Nuclear trade vs nuclear disarmament advocacy

By Masako Toki | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Taking control: Stopping North Korean WMD-related procurement

By Stephanie Lieggi, Robert Shaw, Masako Toki | Uncategorized

The North Korean nuclear test: The Japanese reaction

By Masako Toki | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Japan’s response to the North Korean satellite launch

By Masako Toki | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion