“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) 2025-10-27 0 comment Hideko Hadzialic underscored that political will and action by Member … Read More >>
123 Million Forcibly Displaced—Multilateralism to Drive Political Solutions, with Japan’s Leadership (Nami Asaka, Deputy Representative, UNHCR Representation in Japan) (27/10/2025) 2025-10-27 0 comment Nami Asaka reported that 123 million people are now forcibly displaced… Read More >>
“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) 2025-10-27 0 comment Director Kaoru Nemoto contrasted post–Cold War euphoria over the UN wi… Read More >>
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) 2025-10-27 0 comment Hideyo Kawaharada, representing Japan’s northernmost district borderin… Read More >>
Standing Against “Might Makes Right”—Upholding Democracy and Solidarity (Naoto Sakaguchi, Member of the House of Representatives; Reiwa Shinsengumi) (27/10/2025) 2025-10-27 0 comment Naoto Sakaguchi drew on his fieldwork as a UN Volunteer in Cambodia an… Read More >>
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) 2025-10-27 0 comment Ishii Lassalle expressed respect for efforts to use the UN and great-p… Read More >>
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) 2025-10-27 0 comment Akira Koike endorsed the view of the UN as a “living promise that prot… Read More >>
From Crisis to Opportunity—Rebuilding a “United Nations That Works” (Hitoshi Aoyagi, Member of the House of Representatives; Japan Innovation Party) (27/10/2025) 2025-10-27 0 comment Hitoshi Aoyagi argued that today’s crisis in multilateralism should be… Read More >>
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) 2025-10-27 0 comment Masaharu Nakagawa, Advisor to the Committee (former Member of the Hous… Read More >>
Working as One on Global Challenges — Remarks by Akihiro Kagoshima, Member of the House of Councillors (27/10/2025) 2025-10-27 0 comment Akihiro Kagoshima (Democratic Party for the People) drew on his OECD e… Read More >>