Women, Peace & Security Agenda report launch at UN HQ｜China’s Fast Breeder Reactor Operating?｜OSCE Support for Ukraine

Workshop on Japan’s Cooperation with the Transatlantic Partners in the context of the Free and Open Indo-Pacific Policy
Welcoming Dr. Neil Melvin, Director, International Security, Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI)
SPF’s Security Studies Program and the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI) from the UK held a closed-door joint workshop. Participants from RUSI, members from Japanese government and academia, as well as the representatives from the diplomatic community in Tokyo, engaged in a wide-ranging discussion about future security challenges in the Indo-Pacific.
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New report focusing on masculinity and the Women, Peace and Security Agenda launched at UN Headquarters
First of nine reports based on extensive survey data from conflict-affected regions in Indonesia and the Philippines
A launch event for the report “Beyond Engaging Men: Masculinity, (Non)Violence, and Peacebuilding” by the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS) in collaboration with SPF’s Peacebuilding Program was held at UN Headquarters. The event welcomed a distinguished roster of experts and government representatives from the Japan and the U.S., demonstrating the breadth of the commitment to Women, Peace and Security Agenda from both countries.
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Chinese Views of Taiwan’s Geostrategic Value
Toshi Yoshihara, Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
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China’s Fast Breeder Reactor Operating?
Possibility of Accelerating Nuclear Arms Race
Yuki Kobayashi, Research Fellow, Sasakawa Peace Foundation
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Special Contribution: Securing Coolant Becomes Problem at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant 18 Months after Seizure
Yuki Kobayashi, Research Fellow, Sasakawa Peace Foundation
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OSCE Support for Ukraine ― Implications for the Debate about Support in Japan
Takuma Matsu, Research Fellow, Sasakawa Peace Foundation
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Have China’s Mine Countermeasures Capabilities Eclipsed Those of Japan and the United States?
Yasuhiro Kawakami, Director and Senior Research Fellow, Security Studies Program, Sasakawa Peace Foundation
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"WHOLE" Film Screening and Cross Talks with Producer and Key Actors
 In collaboration with Kobe Foreigners Friendship Center, SPF held a screening of "WHOLE," which honestly depicts the complexities of identity and feelings toward Japanese society through the daily lives of "half" youth, as well as cross talks (discussions) with the director and key actors. This event aimed to deepen the meaning of "self-support" for citizens with foreign roots to support each other by feeling and understanding "differences" that were not only expressed in words but also transmitted and expressed by the people concerned.
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Report Launch 'Beyond Engaging Men: Masculinity, (Non)Violence, and Peacebuilding'
Watch the full video of the report launch for "Beyond Engaging Men: Masculinity, (Non)Violence, and Peacebuilding" at the UN Headquarters in New York. The event discussed the findings from collaborative research conducted by the foundation's Peacebuilding Program in partnership with various international institutions.
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Notice of personnel change (board members)
In accordance with a decision by the Board of Councilors and Board of Trustees in a meeting held on November 30, 2023, SPF has appointed a new executive director. For more information on the updated board members please click the link below.
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