Japan's role in the Geneva and London conferences for maritime disarmament (1927-1930) Historical study""

Abstract

The arms race has been a matter of undermining international peace and security, due to its direct impact on all levels, as it drained a lot of money, which would have been more useful to invest in the service of social and economic development. He also represented one of the most important factors that led to the outbreak of the First World War on the one hand, and greatly hindered efforts to organize international relations to push towards the outbreak of the Second World War on the other hand.

          In light of this, Japan adopted a special policy on the issue of disarmament, as it. saw that spending on it stands in the way of its economic and industrial development, and accordingly coordinated with some major countries to hold conferences to reduce and disarm weapons, especially after the First World War, especially the Washington Naval Conference in general. 1922 . They were followed by calls for conferences to reduce and limit marine weapons, as Japan insisted on reducing marine weapons as an open issue that cannot be concealed, and moreover participated in the committees formed by the League of Nations for the purpose of achieving general disarmament, including land and sea weapons.