On September 21, 2025, the “International Day of Peace Bell-Ringing Ce…

International Day of Peace Bell-Ringing Ceremony — Senator Ayaka Shiomura: “From the Diet Toward Lasting Peace—A Pledge as a Second-Generation Hibakusha” (21/09/2025)
On September 21, 2025, the “International Day of Peace Bell-Ringing Ce…

International Day of Peace Bell-Ringing Ceremony — Governor Yuriko Koike: “Cooperation, Not Division—From Tokyo Toward a Sustainable Future” (21/09/2025)
On September 21, 2025, the “International Day of Peace Bell-Ringing Ce…

International Day of Peace Bell-Ringing Ceremony — Sukehiro Hasegawa: “From Prayers to Action—Bold Vision at the UN’s 80th Year” (21/09/2025)
On September 21, 2025, the “International Day of Peace Bell-Ringing Ce…

International Day of Peace Bell-Ringing Ceremony Held at Gokoku-ji, Marking the UN’s 80th Anniversary (21/09/2025)
On September 21, 2025, the “International Day of Peace Bell-Ringing Ce…

PM Ishiba held a Japan-Timor-Leste Summit Meeting with President Jose Ramos-Horta on August 22, 2025 (14/9/2025)
Upon arrival in Tokyo on August 22, 2025, President Ramos-Horta of Eas…

President José Ramos-Horta visited Japan and celebrated the National Independence Day at Expo 2025 and Reception at Hotel Ohtani Osaka. (28/8/25)
President José Ramos-Horta met with Mr. Yasushi AKAKI in Tokyo and cel…

Ramos-Horta, Speaker of the House of Representatives Fukushiro Nukaga, Members of Parliament, and ASEAN Embassy Representatives Hold Exchange of Views (22/08/2025)
On August 22, 2025, at 4:00 p.m., in Meeting Room 1 of the Second Memb…

Keitoku Ikegami Appointed ACUNS Tokyo Liaison Office Director of Administration (16/7/2026)
Mr. Ikegami will be engaged in planning, programming, and implementing…

During his visit to Geneva on 8 July 2025, Professor Sukehiro HASEGAWA, had an opportunity to meet with Director-General Tatiana VALOVAYA of the United Nations Office in Geneva (UNOG), and Senior Officials of UN and International Organizations in Geneva. They discussed the possibility of reactivating the Geneva Dialogue of Asian Scholars which had been suspended due to COVID-19. (8/7/2025)
The left photo shows Director-General Tatiana VALOVAYA, and the group …

GPAJ July Study Group Online Conference “Six Months in the Trump Administration–What and How Much Will MAGA Break?” (4/7/2025)
Masahiko Adachi, Senior Analyst at Sumitomo Corporation Global Researc…

Professor Sukehiro Hasegawa proposed a policy to allocate 1% of Japan’s defense budget to United Nations peacekeeping activities.(2/7/2025)
Professor Sukehiro Hasegawa discusses the strategic significance of al…

During his annual visit to Japan, United Nations Under-Secretary-General Atul Khare Spoke with Mr. Yasushi Akashi expressing his appreciation of inspiration he received from Mr. Akashi. Prior to his conversation with Mr. Akashi on July 2, USG Atul Khare met with former SRSG Hasegawa. (2/7/2026)

In a Hybrid Roundtable session moderated by ACUNS President Franz Baumann, the Asian Scholars Shared their Perspectives on the Effective Role of the United Nations in the Turbulent Era (Reporter Ai Kihara-Hunt). (24/6/2025)
The session was convened by Franz BAUMANN (Chair), President of the Ac…

The Indian delegation met with members of the Japanese Diet and found the need to enhance their exchange of students and visitors while noting the commonality in culture and social values. (24/6/2025)
Mr. ETO Seishiro, former Vice Speaker of the House of Representative w…

Former ICJ Chief Justice Hisashi OWADA delivers his “Doctor Honoris Causa” Acceptance Speech at the University of Prishtina in Kosova (18/6/2025)
In a solemn ceremony held at the Amphitheater of the Faculty of Educat…

Professor Vesselin Popovski delivered a lecture to the students of the Hasegawa Seminar Class at the Gaien Campus of the Kyoto University of the Arts. (14/6/2025)
Professor Vesselin Popovski, member of the Global Peacebuilding Associ…

Dr. Hasegawa Delivered a Special Lecture at International Christian University (03/06/2025)
On June 3, 2025, Dr. Sukehiro Hasegawa, Director of the Kyoto Peacebui…

Let us Build Peace with Music (21/5/2025)
The relationship between art and peace was truly expressed at the Worl…

At an exchange-of-views meeting between The Elders and Diet members belonging to The Japanese Parliamentary Committee for World Federation, Representative Satoshi Asano argued that international dialogue must be prioritised precisely when protectionism is on the rise. (15 May 2025)
On 15 May 2025, former presidents, former UN Secretaries-General and o…