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Sophia University Professor
PC
Dr. Daisaku HIGASHI
- • Professor in the Center for Global Education and Discovery at Sophia University in Tokyo(2016-Current)
- • Minister-Cousellor in the Japanese mission to the United Nations in New York (2012-2014)
- • Associate Professor at the University of Tokyo (2011-2012, 2014-2016)
- • Team Leader for Reconciliation and Reintegration in UNAMA in Kabul (2009-2010)
- • MA & Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of British Columbia in Canada (2004-2012)
- • Program Director at NHK (Japan Public TV Station)(1993-2004)
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Mar. 2, 2026: Column distributed by Kyodo and published in many newspapers in Japan. “Japan should make efforts to end the war in Iran”
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Feb 17, 2026: The Center for Strategic Studies at University of Jordan in Jordan hosted the special lecture, on “Challenges of Mediation and Peacebuilding in an Age of Division: The Wars in Gaza, Afghanistan, South Sudan, and Ukraine”
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Feb.11, 2026: Lecture on “Challenges of Mediation and Peacebuilding in an Age of Division: Focusing on Conflict in Gaza” (hosted by “Global Institute for Strategic Research (GISR) at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU)” in Qatar)
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Feb 9, 2026: Special Lecture on “Challenges of Mediation and Peacebuilding in an Age of Division: The War in Gaza, Ukraine, South Sudan, and Afghanistan”(hosted by the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies in Qatar)
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Jan 15, 2026: NHK Newsroom Tokyo (English Program), “Policy proposal on Japan’s role in sustaining ceasefire in Gaza,” Interview. {You can see the link of the interview here}
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