“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
- May 18, 2026: Prof. Daisaku Higashi, President of Japan Global Dialogue, published his third English book, “Mediation and Peacebuilding in an Age of Division: The Wars in Ukraine, South Sudan, and Afghanistan” from Routledge.
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July 1, 2026: Japan Global Dialogue will co-host the symposium, “Challenges of Mediation and Peacebuilding in the Middle East: The War in Iran, Conflict in Gaza, and Peacebuilding in Syria” with Prof. Hasan Al Momani, Director in Center for Strategic Studies at University of Jordan
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Jun. 23, 2026: Japan Global Dialogue will co-host the seminar, “Challenges of JICA on Peacebuilding: Including the Collaboration with UN” with Ms. Katsura Miyazaki, Executive Senior Vice President of JICA
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Jun. 16, 2026: Japan Global Dialogue will co-host the seminar, “Economic Security: Japan’s Challenges and the Road Ahead” with Prof. Kosuke Saito, Research Fellow at the Institute of International Relations, and Prof. Masako Suginohara, Meiji Gakuin University (2026年6月16日: 上智大学国際研究所員の齊藤孝祐教授や、明治学院大学の杉之原真子教授をお迎えしての特別セミナー「経済安全保障とは何か～日本の課題と今後の針路～」を共催します。
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Jun. 9, 2026: Japan Global Dialogue will co-host the seminar, “The Aftermath of the War on Iran: The Palestinian Cause in a Changing Regional Dynamics” with Mr. Oraib Al-Rantawi, Founder of Al-Quds Center for Political Studies in Jordan