Statement by Minister TANINAI Ichitomo at the IAEA Board of Governors Meeting starting on Monday, 8 September 2025 Item 4: Strengthening the Agency’s activities related to nuclear science, technology and applications
2025/9/9
Thank you, Chair,
Japan thanks the Secretariat for preparing a comprehensive and informative report on this agenda item.
As underlined in the report, nuclear science and technology can make a tangible contribution to effectively addressing imminent global challenges including climate change and achieving the SDGs.
In this regard, Japan highly appreciates the IAEA’s outstanding efforts to promote the peaceful uses of nuclear energy including through its significant initiatives, notably “Rays of Hope” and “Atoms4Food”, for developing countries.
Japan believes these benefits should be disseminated to as many people as possible worldwide by improving access to nuclear science, technology, and their applications. To this end, it is important to ensure that the IAEA continues to play its central and irreplaceable role in promoting the peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology by making the most of its unique knowledge and expertise. Japan remains committed to providing various means of support and working together with the Agency and other Member States for that purpose.
Chair,
Japan attaches great importance to capacity building efforts which enable recipient countries to utilize nuclear science and technology in a sustainable manner. Japan’s assistance this year includes a training course on advanced gamma ray spectrometry for Asia-Pacific countries, which was successfully hosted by Fukushima University in March in cooperation with the IAEA Marine Environment Laboratories.
Another example is the Lise Meitner visiting professional programme in June, which focused on the advanced nuclear technology of Japan and progress on reconstruction of Fukushima, as written in the report. We hope the programme provided all the participating female professionals with an invaluable experience and remarkable insights for their career development.
We would also like to highlight that the National Institute for Quantum Science and Technology, part of Japan’s Rays of Hope Anchor Centre, hosted a technical meeting on advanced radiotherapy last month, inviting radiation oncologists and medical physicists from other Anchor Centres around the world to strengthen their capacities by sharing our knowledge and expertise. We believe this meeting helped the participants to train experts even more effectively back in their own regions.
With these comments, Japan takes note of the Agency’s report.
Thank you, Chair.
Japan thanks the Secretariat for preparing a comprehensive and informative report on this agenda item.
As underlined in the report, nuclear science and technology can make a tangible contribution to effectively addressing imminent global challenges including climate change and achieving the SDGs.
In this regard, Japan highly appreciates the IAEA’s outstanding efforts to promote the peaceful uses of nuclear energy including through its significant initiatives, notably “Rays of Hope” and “Atoms4Food”, for developing countries.
Japan believes these benefits should be disseminated to as many people as possible worldwide by improving access to nuclear science, technology, and their applications. To this end, it is important to ensure that the IAEA continues to play its central and irreplaceable role in promoting the peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology by making the most of its unique knowledge and expertise. Japan remains committed to providing various means of support and working together with the Agency and other Member States for that purpose.
Chair,
Japan attaches great importance to capacity building efforts which enable recipient countries to utilize nuclear science and technology in a sustainable manner. Japan’s assistance this year includes a training course on advanced gamma ray spectrometry for Asia-Pacific countries, which was successfully hosted by Fukushima University in March in cooperation with the IAEA Marine Environment Laboratories.
Another example is the Lise Meitner visiting professional programme in June, which focused on the advanced nuclear technology of Japan and progress on reconstruction of Fukushima, as written in the report. We hope the programme provided all the participating female professionals with an invaluable experience and remarkable insights for their career development.
We would also like to highlight that the National Institute for Quantum Science and Technology, part of Japan’s Rays of Hope Anchor Centre, hosted a technical meeting on advanced radiotherapy last month, inviting radiation oncologists and medical physicists from other Anchor Centres around the world to strengthen their capacities by sharing our knowledge and expertise. We believe this meeting helped the participants to train experts even more effectively back in their own regions.
With these comments, Japan takes note of the Agency’s report.
Thank you, Chair.