
“Japan Global Dialogue” is NGO to Facilitate Dialogues on Global Challenges.
About Us
Japan Global Dialogue (JGD) is a nongovernmental organization founded in 2019 in Japan. It aims to facilitate dialogue between stakeholders around the world to address global challenges, including military conflicts, global warming, droughts, and pandemics. JGD especially focuses on facilitating dialogue between parties to military conflicts so that conflicting parties will find their solutions through dialogue and negotiation across the globe.
See the detail of the purpose here.
About Leadership
President: Dr. Daisaku Higashi

Professor in the Center for Global Education and Discovery at Sophia University in Tokyo.

About Us
Japan Global Dialogue (JGD) is a nongovernmental organization founded in 2019 in Japan. It aims to facilitate dialogue between stakeholders around the world to address global challenges, including military conflicts, global warming, droughts, and pandemics. JGD especially focuses on facilitating dialogue between parties to military conflicts so that conflicting parties will find their solutions through dialogue and negotiation across the globe.
See the detail of the purpose here.
President: Dr. Daisaku Higashi

Professor in the Center for Global Education and Discovery at Sophia University in Tokyo.
About Leadership
- Nov. 4, 2025: Prof. Daisaku Higashi, President of Japan Global Dialogue, showed himself as a commentator in TV Asahi WIDE!SCRAMBLE, ”Civil war in Sudan and its worsening situations”
- Sep. 25, 2025: Prof. Daisaku Higashi, President of Japan Global Dialogue, showed himself as a commentator in TV Asahi WIDE!SCRAMBLE, ”80 Years Since Its Founding: The Significance of the United Nations”
- Jun. 24, 2025: Prof. Daisaku Higashi, President of Japan Global Dialogue, was interviewed by Asahi Newspaper Digital “U.S. Attack on Iran: A Clear Violation of International Law”
- Jun. 24, 2025: Prof. Daisaku Higashi, President of Japan Global Dialogue, was interviewed by Asahi Newspaper “U.S. Strike on Iran and Japan’s Diplomatic Response”
- Prof. Daisaku Higashi, President of Japan Global Dialogue, organized and moderate a meeting between Mr. Ayman Al Safadi, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Jordan and Japanese professors in Tokyo
- Nov. 4, 2025: Prof. Daisaku Higashi, President of Japan Global Dialogue, showed himself as a commentator in TV Asahi WIDE!SCRAMBLE, ”Civil war in Sudan and its worsening situations”
- Sep. 25, 2025: Prof. Daisaku Higashi, President of Japan Global Dialogue, showed himself as a commentator in TV Asahi WIDE!SCRAMBLE, ”80 Years Since Its Founding: The Significance of the United Nations”
- Jun. 24, 2025: Prof. Daisaku Higashi, President of Japan Global Dialogue, was interviewed by Asahi Newspaper Digital “U.S. Attack on Iran: A Clear Violation of International Law”
- Jun. 24, 2025: Prof. Daisaku Higashi, President of Japan Global Dialogue, was interviewed by Asahi Newspaper “U.S. Strike on Iran and Japan’s Diplomatic Response”
- Prof. Daisaku Higashi, President of Japan Global Dialogue, organized and moderate a meeting between Mr. Ayman Al Safadi, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Jordan and Japanese professors in Tokyo
- Oct. 21, 2025: Japan Global Dailogue will co-host the Online Symposium, “Challenges of Ending Wars and Peacebuilding in the Middle East” (中東の紛争終結と平和構築の課題)
- Aug. 22, 2025: Japan Global Dialogue will co-host the Workshop, “From TICAD 9 to Africa’s Future: Youth Engagement for Peace and Stability” (TICAD9からアフリカの未来:平和への若者の参加)
- July 31, 2025: Japan Global Dialogue will co-host the Seminar, “Democracy and Peace in an Unstable World” (不安定な世界における民主主義と平和の課題)
- July 15, 2025: Japan Global Dialogue will co-host Special Seminar for TICAD, “African Development and Challenges of Peacebuilding,” from 3:30pm on 15 July 2025 at Sophia Library (TICAD特別セミナー「アフリカの開発と平和への課題」7月15日午後3時30分―)
- July 10, 2025: Japan Global Dialogue will co-host the symposium, “Pope Francis and his Contribution to Peace” (教皇フランシスコの平和への貢献」シンポジウム、7月10日午後3時30分から。対面とオンライン双方)
- Oct. 21, 2025: Japan Global Dailogue will co-host the Online Symposium, “Challenges of Ending Wars and Peacebuilding in the Middle East” (中東の紛争終結と平和構築の課題)
- Aug. 22, 2025: Japan Global Dialogue will co-host the Workshop, “From TICAD 9 to Africa’s Future: Youth Engagement for Peace and Stability” (TICAD9からアフリカの未来:平和への若者の参加)
- July 31, 2025: Japan Global Dialogue will co-host the Seminar, “Democracy and Peace in an Unstable World” (不安定な世界における民主主義と平和の課題)
- July 15, 2025: Japan Global Dialogue will co-host Special Seminar for TICAD, “African Development and Challenges of Peacebuilding,” from 3:30pm on 15 July 2025 at Sophia Library (TICAD特別セミナー「アフリカの開発と平和への課題」7月15日午後3時30分―)
- July 10, 2025: Japan Global Dialogue will co-host the symposium, “Pope Francis and his Contribution to Peace” (教皇フランシスコの平和への貢献」シンポジウム、7月10日午後3時30分から。対面とオンライン双方)
- Feb. 28, 2025: Prof. Daisaku Higashi, President of Japan Global Dialogue, showed himself as a commentator in NHK Newsroom Tokyo (English Program), “Prospects for Peace in Ukraine”, Interview. [You can watch the video here.]
- Feb 20, 2024: Prof. Daisaku Higashi, President of Japan Global Dialogue, showed himself in the special interview program (Power House) broadcast by South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation (SSBC) on the challenges of peacebuilding in South Sudan.
- December 5, 2023: Prof. Daisaku Higashi, President of Japan Global Dialogue, delivered his lecture in Harvard University at the seminar, “Challenges of Ending Wars in the Age of Division: The War in Ukraine and Peacebuilding in Africa.”
- Nov 21, 2023: Prof. Daisaku Higashi, President of Japan Global Dialogue, delivered a special online lecture “Engaging with Mediation and Peacebuilding in the Age of Division: The War in Ukraine, South Sudan, and Afghanistan,” hosted by Balsillie School of International Affairs in Canada
- Oct 31, 2023: Prof. Daisaku Higashi, President of Japan Global Dialogue, delivered a special online lecture, “Three Challenges in Ending War in Ukraine,” hosted by Ralph Bunche Institute at City University of New York.
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Nov. 4, 2025: Prof. Daisaku Higashi, President of Japan Global Dialogue, showed himself as a commentator in TV Asahi WIDE!SCRAMBLE, ”Civil war in Sudan and its worsening situations”
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Sep. 25, 2025: Prof. Daisaku Higashi, President of Japan Global Dialogue, showed himself as a commentator in TV Asahi WIDE!SCRAMBLE, ”80 Years Since Its Founding: The Significance of the United Nations”
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Oct. 21, 2025: Japan Global Dailogue will co-host the Online Symposium, “Challenges of Ending Wars and Peacebuilding in the Middle East” (中東の紛争終結と平和構築の課題)
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Aug. 22, 2025: Japan Global Dialogue will co-host the Workshop, “From TICAD 9 to Africa’s Future: Youth Engagement for Peace and Stability” (TICAD9からアフリカの未来:平和への若者の参加)
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July 31, 2025: Japan Global Dialogue will co-host the Seminar, “Democracy and Peace in an Unstable World” (不安定な世界における民主主義と平和の課題)