• To become a think tank on peace issues to serve citizens and grassroots organizations, and to support peace education.
• To promote activities in collaboration with NGOs around the world to change the prevailing view that peace is assured by military power.
• 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.
• To promote activities that emphasize accurate information based on primary sources and easy-to-understand analysis.
• To promote disclosure to the public of information on defense and diplomacy.
• To promote new cooperative relations between grassroots movements and specialist communities.
• 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.

■ Major Programs

1. Nuclear Disarmament
   Bi-weekly periodical: Nuclear Weapon & Nuclear Test Monitor (NWNTM)
   NWNTM, co-published by the Peace Depot and the Pacific Campaign for Security and Disarmament (PCDS), provides information about nuclear disarmament and security issues in the Asia-Pacific region.
   Year book: Nuclear Disarmament and Nuclear Weapon-Free Local Authorities
   This year book, published in July, introduces last year痴 global development on nuclear disarmament using brief keywords, and includes practical suggestions for nuclear weapon-free local authorities.
2. Regional Security in the Asia-Pacific
   Research on U.S. Forces Japan
   Publication of this research, based on both U.S. and Japan Freedom of Information Acts (FOIA), is forth-coming. Two books on this same subject were published during the Peace Depot's preparatory phase.
   
3. Training NGO Activists and Researchers for Peace
   This includes sending youth activists/researchers to major international peace events and holding seminars and workshops.
   
4. Emergency Projects
   The Peace Depot undertook emergency research projects including: "India-Pakistan Special Update"(1998) and "Special Update for Citizens and Local Authorities on the Legislation Regarding U.S.-Japan New Defense Guidelines"(1999).

■Achievement to date

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 / English）

Year Book

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

• Nuclear Disarmament, Peace, Local Authorities 2004 (in Japanese)

Supporting Roles

The Peace Depot has played an instrumental role in supporting important peace events and campaigns, including the activities of the "Middle Powers Initiative" in Japan, the "Japan Year 2000 Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons," and the "Global Citizens' Assembly to Abolish Nuclear Weapons in Nagasaki" in November 2000.



■ Directors