Director Kaoru Nemoto contrasted post–Cold War euphoria over the UN wi…
From the Northern Border: Reclaiming Voice and Contributing Through Environmental Technology (Hideyo Kawaharada, Member of the House of Representatives; Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan) (27/10/2025)
Hideyo Kawaharada, representing Japan’s northernmost district borderin…
Standing Against “Might Makes Right”—Upholding Democracy and Solidarity (Naoto Sakaguchi, Member of the House of Representatives; Reiwa Shinsengumi) (27/10/2025)
Naoto Sakaguchi drew on his fieldwork as a UN Volunteer in Cambodia an…
Article 9 Calls for Adroit Diplomacy—Multilateralism as a Stance of Coexistence (Ishii Lassalle, Member of the House of Councillors; Social Democratic Party) (27/10/2025)
Ishii Lassalle expressed respect for efforts to use the UN and great-p…
From Constitutional Ideals to East Asian Peace—Multilateralism and the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) (Akira Koike, Member of the House of Councillors; Japanese Communist Party) (27/10/2025)
Akira Koike endorsed the view of the UN as a “living promise that prot…
From Crisis to Opportunity—Rebuilding a “United Nations That Works” (Hitoshi Aoyagi, Member of the House of Representatives; Japan Innovation Party) (27/10/2025)
Hitoshi Aoyagi argued that today’s crisis in multilateralism should be…
Multilateralism Under Strain and the Case for UN Reform — Remarks by Masaharu Nakagawa, Advisor (Former Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) (27/10/2025)
Masaharu Nakagawa, Advisor to the Committee (former Member of the Hous…
Working as One on Global Challenges — Remarks by Akihiro Kagoshima, Member of the House of Councillors (27/10/2025)
Akihiro Kagoshima (Democratic Party for the People) drew on his OECD e…
Safeguarding Core Multilateral Funding — Remarks by Hiroyuki Moriyama, Member of the House of Representatives (27/10/2025)
Hiroyuki Moriyama (Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan) stressed …
Japan’s National Interest Lies in a Peaceful and Stable World — Remarks by Masahiro Komura, Member of the House of Representatives (Liberal Democratic Party) (27/10/2025)
Masahiro Komura (LDP) underscored Japan’s structural dependence on glo…