Marking the UN’s 80th anniversary, Counsellor Miyake noted the strain …
Toward Safe and Dignified Mobility—Comprehensive IOM Support and Partnership with Japan (Yuko Yasuda, Senior Private Sector Partnerships Officer, IOM Japan) (27/10/2025)
Yuko Yasuda explained that IOM supports people compelled to move by co…
“The UN Must Be a Place for Frank Talk”—Candid Dialogue in a World Spending $2.7 Trillion on Arms (Hideko Hadzialic, Resident Representative, UNDP Japan) (27/10/2025)
Hideko Hadzialic underscored that political will and action by Member …
123 Million Forcibly Displaced—Multilateralism to Drive Political Solutions, with Japan’s Leadership (Nami Asaka, Deputy Representative, UNHCR Representation in Japan) (27/10/2025)
Nami Asaka reported that 123 million people are now forcibly displaced…
“The UN Is a Mirror of Its Member States”: SDGs as Universal Values Beyond Left and Right (Kaoru Nemoto, Director, United Nations Information Centre, Tokyo) (27/10/2025)
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…