On 15 May 2025, former presidents, former UN Secretaries-General and o…
At an exchange-of-views meeting between The Elders and Diet members belonging to The Japanese Parliamentary Committee for World Federation, Representative Alex Saitō pointed out that democracy is in crisis internationally and declared his determination to confront the challenge through united, cross-party action. (15 May 2025)
On 15 May 2025, former presidents, former UN Secretaries-General and N…
At an exchange-of-views meeting between The Elders and Diet members belonging to The Japanese Parliamentary Committee for World Federation, Representative Kentaro Genma underlined the need for the international community to stand united in order to achieve global peace and stability, declaring that Japan intends to play a central role. (15 May 2025)
On 15 May 2025, former presidents, former UN Secretaries-General and o…
At an exchange-of-views meeting between The Elders and Diet members belonging to The Japanese Parliamentary Committee for World Federation, Tomoko Kami, a Member of the House of Councillors from the Japanese Communist Party, welcomed the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations (Nihon Hidankyo) and reiterated her resolve to work for nuclear abolition and international peace. (15 May 2025)
On 15 May 2025, in the Special Room on Basement Level 1 of the First M…
Former President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos says Japan can exercise moral value-based leadership. (15/5/2023)
Juan Manuel Santos opened the dialogue by warning that the world is “g…
Ban Ki-moon expressed “boundless gratitude” for Japan’s support of the UN. (15/5/2023)
Ban Ki-moon expressed “boundless gratitude” for Japan’s decades as a t…
At a meeting for exchanging views with The Elders, Seishirō Etō, former Chair and now Adviser of The Japanese Parliamentary Committee for World Federation, delivered remarks expressing his hope for future cooperation and dialogue between the Japanese Elders and The Elders. (15/5/2025)
At a meeting to exchange views with The Elders which was composed of f…
The 17th Secretary-General of The Japanese Parliamentary Committee for World Federation, Banri Kaieda, spoke at an exchange-of-views meeting with The Elders, a group of former heads of state and senior UN officials. He declared his determination to seek a new, upgraded parliamentary resolution on world federation—an improved version of the resolution adopted twenty years ago— to be passed in a plenary session of the House of Representatives. (15 May 2025)
On 15 May 2025, in the Special Meeting Room of the House of Representa…
The Elders delegation met the nonpartisan members of the Parliamentary Committee of the National Diet of Japan for a World Federation and called for Japan`s exercising new leadership called for by the rapidly changing global situation. (15/5/2025)
Present at the time of memorial photo taking, are from right to left, …
Sukehiro Hasegawa, former Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General, delivered a special lecture titled “The Lessons Learnt from Peacebuilding in Uganda and Timor-Leste” at Kwansei Gakuin University. (07/05/2025)
Sukehiro Hasegawa, former Special Representative of the United Nation…
Akari Suzaki, a third-year student at International Christian University and member of the steering committee of the Hasegawa Peace Building Academy, shared her views. Majoring in law and peace studies, Ms. Suzaki gained a multifaceted perspective on peace through a lecture on Zhou Enlai’s study abroad in Japan, drawing on traditional Chinese thought.(05/05/2025)
Given the significant influence Zhou Enlai’s own ideas and stanc…
John Ueki, a third-year student at International Christian University, shared his views on Zhou Enlai’s leadership style. Ueki, who specializes in international relations, discussed the significance of Zhou’s leadership in light of the qualities required of leaders in the modern world.(05/05/2025)
I was deeply impressed by Zhou Enlai’s leadership style of being…
Reina Kishida, a master’s student at the University of Tokyo, shared her thoughts on the significance of education based on Zhou Enlai’s study abroad experience in Japan. Kishida plans to enroll in a graduate program overseas this summer and discussed the importance of learning that can only be gained abroad. (05/05/2025)
Through Professor Wang Min’s lectures, I have come to und…
Students reflected on “peace and art” in light of Kyoto University of the Arts’ performance of Kyogen at the United Nations University Headquarters in Tokyo. (28/4/2025)
In this class, we heard a talk by Prof. Sukehiro Hasegawa, who worked …
In this class, students learned about the power of art to communicate about peace and human rights through the UN Security Council mural and the painting “The Golden Rule” (28/4/2025)
Also, Rockwell’s “Golden Rule” depicts people from various count…
Professor Sukehiro Hasegawa explained in a class at Kyoto University of the Arts that artifacts at the UN have the power to communicate about peace and human rights. (28/4/2025)
Pere Krog’s murals in the Security Council depict the three them…
Kyoto Peacebuilding Center, Hasegawa Juku, 3rd Study Session was held （26/04/2025）
The 3rd Study Session of the Hasegawa Seminar Class, the Kyoto Peacebu…
Foreign Ministry Ambassador in charge of United Nations affairs, Mr. Hirotaka Matsuo, stated that the Government will work to strengthen the functioning of the UN General Assembly and the Security Council. (6/3/2025)
Mr. Hirotaka Matsuo expressed his appreciation of the opportunity to p…
The Global Peacebuilding Association of Japan hosted a lecture by Ambassador Akio Miyajima, who served as ambassador to Poland for four years, at the International House of Japan. Participants enjoyed a dinner party afterward. (29/3/2025)
From left to right are Prof. Keiichi Tanabe, Ambassador Akio Miyajima,…
Mr. Sukehiro Hasegawa, former Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations and Chairperson of the Advisory Commission on Global Governance, introduced the draft of the resolution, which had been distributed to the participants and proposed that, on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, Japan renew its strong determination to realize enduring international peace and strengthen global governance centered on the United Nations. (6/3/2025)
The draft resolution started with a preamble that the realization of l…