International relationsKishida zeroes in on NPT to advance nuclear disarmament
Prime minister will be first Japanese leader to attend review conference
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, and U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel visit Hiroshima's Peace Memorial Park in March. © Reuters
RIEKO MIKI, Nikkei staff writer
TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida looks to use the upcoming meeting on the Non-Proliferation Treaty to make a case for nuclear disarmament, seeing the 191-member framework as the best venue for the world to wrestle with the fraught topic.