After arriving in Japan as a refugee from Ukraine, Ms. Lesechko lived …
Regional Leadership for a Multipolar Era and a Concrete UNSC Reform Proposal — Sukehiro Hasegawa (27/10/2025)
Chair Sukehiro Hasegawa (Global Governance Promotion Committee) interv…
The Benefits of Multilateralism and the Mission of International Institutions — Remarks by YONEYAMA (JBIC) (27/10/2025)
Drawing on his experience as the World Bank’s Representative in Japan,…
A Window for UN Reform and the Primacy of Multilateral Diplomacy — Remarks by MOFA Counsellor (Ambassador) Miyake (27/10/2025)
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…