Asia Peace Initiatives Department

Rapidly-growing Asia is plagued by unresolved conflicts in many regions as well as social challenges caused by drastic structural transformation. In collaboration with local communities, the department continues to develop initiatives for peace building and trust building in two conflict or militarized areas in Asia, Thailand’s Deep South and Northeast India. In addition, the department supports local journalists and civil societies in their efforts for democratization based on growing concerns about the strengthening of authoritarianism and the exacerbation of intolerance against minorities in Asia.
Furthermore, the department seeks out practical solutions to address social challenges resulting from demographic shifts and structural changes, with population aging, gender, and migration as our central themes.
*Since July 2019, the Asia Social Integration Department has merged with the Asia Peace Initiatives Department.

News

Publications

2019.11.27

Community-based Care for Older Persons -Implications from China, Korea and Vietnam-
News

2019.11.15

Tales of Northeast India as told through the silver screen
Seminars

2019.11.14

Seminar on the UK Indicators of Integration and their Implications for Refugee Integration in Japan
SPF NOW

2019.10.30

Interview with three leading documentary filmmakers from Northeast India: Aribam Syam Sharma, Haobam Paban Kumar, and Pinky Brahma Choudhury
News

2019.10.08

Setting the stage for greater gender parity in politics: SPF and the Academy for Gender Parity team up to train aspiring women politicians

Projects List
of FY2019

Projects List

Project Name	Year
Japan's Roles in Peacebuilding	Second year of a two-year project
Conflict Transformation in the Deep South of Thailand	Second year of a two-year project
Analysis of Pre-Peace Talk Initiatives in Peacebuilding	Second year of a two-year project
Looking into the Past for a Future: Shared History of Northeast India and its Neighbors	Second year of a two-year project
Preserving and Sharing Histories and Memories of Northeast India	First year of a three-year project
Imphal Peace Museum Project	Single year project
Asia Impact Dialogue	Second year of a three-year project
Proposing New Roles for Men in Asia	Second year of a three-year project
Building Migration Resource Platform for Asia	First year of a three-year project
Toward Constructive Journalism in Asia	First year of a three-year project