On 9 October 2026, Professor Ai Kihara-Hunt of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the University of Tokyo, appeared on the BS-TBS programme “Hodo 1930” to explain the significance of the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Ms. Navanethem (Navi) Pillay. Professor Kihara-Hunt specializes in international human rights law and UN peace operations, particularly the security sector. She worked for about 15 years in post-conflict countries, mainly with the United Nations and other international organizations. She served as Executive Director of the Global Peacebuilding Association of Japan (GPAJ) from March 2017 to May 2018.