Asia Pacific Conference 2024, November 30 – December 1, 2024 “Bridging Divides for Global Recovery”(10/12/2024)
The yearly conference organized by the RitsumeikanCenter for Asia Paci…
2019 (Journal)
Judge Motoo Noguchi gave a speech in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia（2/12/2024）
Motoo Noguchi, a director of the Global Peacebuilding Association of J…
Akashi, Marwala, and Hasegawa Discuss the Possibilities for Cooperation between the Kyoto Peacebuilding Center and the United Nations University. (22/11/2024)
The Honorary Chair of the Council of the Kyoto Peacebuilding Center, M…
Kyoto Peacebuilding Center, Hasegawa Juku, 1st Study Session was held (17/11/2024)
On November 17, 2024, the 1st study session of Hasegawa Juku, Kyoto Pe…
Nobuyoshi YOKOE(13/11/2024)
Today、I met with Mr. Nobuyoshi YOKOE, a former Ministry of Economy, Tr…
Peace and security – the core mission of the United Nations (23/10/2024)
In her article contributed to the UN Association of Germany, Kerstin Leitner notes that the United Nations member states have agreed on a “Pact for the Future.” Still, the language on the UN Charter – and thus also on current threats to international peace – is not specific enough. Please click here for the full article. (23/10/2024)
Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão of Timor-Leste received former Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations Sukehiro HASEGAWA at the Prime Minister`s office on 28 August 2024, as he was visiting Timor-Leste to participate in the 25th-anniversary events of “Popular Consultations” which led to the independence of Timor-Leste and its entry into the United Nations in 2002. (28/08/2024)
Luncheon in honor of TL Government Cabinet Co-ordination Minister Agio Pereira (28/08/2024)
Professor Sukehiro Hasegawa, former Special Representative of the Secr…
Following a courtesy call on President José Ramos-Horta, Former Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General Sukehiro HASEGAWA, accompanied by Japanese Ambassador Tetsuya KIMURA, met the media on August 27, 2024. He told the reporters that Timor-Leste had emerged as a stable liberal democracy and could assist the United Nations and the international community. (27/8/2024)
Kaoru NEMOTO, Director of the United Nations Information Center(UNIC), detailed the preparations for the “Future Summit” to be held in September at UN Headquarters in New York. (23/5/2024)
I congratulate the Japanese Parliamentary Committee of the World Feder…
Suggestion for UN Reform and Strengthening
On May 17, 2023, ETO Seishiro, Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party’s United Nations Reform Examination Committee, requested Prime Minister KISHIDA, Chairman of the G7 summit of developed countries, to recommend UN reform. Members of the committee accompanied him. Prime Minister KISHIDA said he would work with President Biden to strengthen the functions of the United Nations, especially the reform of the Security Council and the expansion of its members. Please click here for the full text of the recommendations.
From left to right: ISHIBA Shigeru, SHIMOMURA Hakubun, YAMATANI Eriko, NAKASONE Hirofumi, ENDO Toshiaki, ETO Seishiro(Chair), KISHIDA Fumio(Prime Minister)、INOGUCHI Noriko(Secretary-General), FUNADA Hajime, YAMAGUCHI Tsuyoshi、KAMIKAWA Yoko, HORII Iwao, NAKATANI Gen.
Online Seminar “Winning and Losing the Nuclear Peace: Look Back on Arms Control and Non-Proliferation” (Ms. Angela Kane)
Global Peacebuilding Association of Japan (GPA-J), Kyoto Peacebuilding Center (KPC) and ACUNS Tokyo Liaison Office presented Angela Kane, Former High Representative for Disarmament Affairs and Under-Secretary-General for Management of the United Nations “Winning and Losing the Nuclear Peace: Looking Back on Arms Control and Non-Proliferation” Saturday 29 January 2022 at 10:00 hours Tokyo time and Friday 28 January 2022 at 20:00 hours Washington DC time.
Ariel Français, former UN official, finds continued expansion of radical Islam in Africa and throughout the world in spite of UN peace operations. (24/11/2019)
Following the presentation of French Ambassador Laurent PIC on the role of France in UN peace operations made at the Tokyo Peacebuilding Forum 2019, the author of Radical Islam and New Imperial Order views radical Islam and the terrorism associated with it as the dark side of the Western world and warns France and the UN about the risk of becoming stuck in a dead-end conflict in Mali.
Trilateral Seminar on UN System] 14 Japanese scholars and experts participated in the Asian regional seminar on UN system held in Seoul from November 7-9. (09/11/2019)
Thirteen Japanese scholars participated in the trilateral annual meeting of UN academic associations of China, Japan and Korea held in Seoul. They are shown in the photo: From left to right: TAMAI , Masataka（玉井雅隆）FUJII, Hiroshige（藤井広重）HADANO, Takamitsu（秦野貴光）KARUBE, Keiko （軽部恵子）KUKITA, Jun（久木田純）TAKAHASHI, Kazuo（高橋一生）SHOJI , Mariko（庄司真理子）HASEGAWA, Sukehiro（長谷川祐弘）KIHARA-HUNT, Ai（キハラハント愛）KATSUMA,Yasushi（勝間靖）KULNAZAROVA, Aigul（クルナザロバ・アイグル) KUSHIMA, Shinichi（九島伸一）and INOMATA, Tadanori（猪又忠徳）.
Professor Wang Min, a distinguished Chinese scholar on Japanese culture has agreed to participate in the thematic session on “Culture of Peace” at the forthcoming Tokyo Peacebuilding Forum 2019. She is a close friend of late Prime Minister Zhou Enlai`s relatives.
Professor Min WANG is teaching at Hosei University Center for International Japan-Studies.
Senior Members of the Diet join in a consultation meeting held by the Japan Commission on Global Governance concerning UN Reform. (24/09/2019)
The second meeting of the Global Governance Commission Sub-Committee on UN Reform chaired by Professor Takahiro SHINYO was joined by three members of the Diet of Japan. They were Mr. Masaharu NAKAWAGA, former Minister of Education, Mr. Masahiko SHIBAYAMA, former Special Assistant to Prime Minister Shinzo ABE on UN peace operations and former Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, and Mr. Akira SATO, Member of the House of Representatives and former Senior Vice Minister of Defense. The meeting was also participated by scholars and experts including Professor Yasuhiro UEKI of Sophia University who was a United Nations Spokesman and an international expert on UN reform matters, Dr, Vesselin POPOVSKI, Professor and Vice Dean, Jindal Global Law School, O.P. Jindal Global University, Haryana, India. (This summary report was filed by Fujiko Amano, Maja Liechti and Amishi Agrawal)
After the “Geneva Dialogue” I visited my grandchildren Kenji and Alisa who welcomed me in fluent French. They have already mastered the language for their desire to learn and capacity to absorb it. While having little capacity left for absorbing a new language, I hope to keep my motivation to learn more. (06/09/2019)
Heads of Delegations from UN Associations of China, and ROK and host country Japan visit the Tea Ceremony Dojyo at the end of their two-day conference in Tokyo. (26/08/2019)
Grand Master Sen Zenshu held a demonstration tea ceremony and explained its significance including the basic philosophy of Sado based on its principle of four forms: “Wa, Kei, Sei, Jyaku”. He explained the philosophy developed by the founder of the way of tea, or chado, SEN no RIKYU (1522-91), who perfected the style of chanoyu based on the wabi aesthetic and elevated chanoyu into the way of tea aimed at purifying the atmosphere to harmonize the relationship between the host and guest.