by Editor BGF | Oct 26, 2025 | Shinzo Abe Initiative for Peace and Security, News
October 27, 2025
Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is steering Tokyo toward a more assertive and security-conscious regional posture, signaling a decisive shift in Japan’s role across the Indo-Pacific. Her leadership emphasizes technological sovereignty, defense modernization, and values-based diplomacy, themes that are rapidly redefining Japan’s strategic partnerships.
A Japanese government spokesperson affirmed that “India is a crucial partner in the Indo-Pacific,” adding that Prime Minister Takaichi is “deeply committed to strengthening Japan–India cooperation across security, economy, and digital innovation.”
While Takaichi’s strong stance on China and alignment with the United States highlight a more hawkish phase in Japanese foreign policy, New Delhi continues to navigate its nuanced position — balancing strategic autonomy with closer collaboration among democracies.
Despite this complexity, both nations share deep complementarities. Their partnership in AI, semiconductors, quantum technologies, and digital infrastructure represents a shared commitment to ensuring an open, ethical, and resilient Indo-Pacific.
For the Boston Global Forum (BGF)–AI World Society (AIWS) Family, the Japan–India relationship stands as a foundation of the New Economic Alliance Initiative — promoting cooperation among democratic nations to shape a secure, innovative, and human-centered AI future.
Prime Minister Takaichi, a 2023 World Leader in AIWS Award recipient, and India’s leaders both embody the AIWS vision: applying technology and intelligence with conscience to build peace, prosperity, and trust in the AI Age.
https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/japan-s-hawkish-turn-under-takaichi-tests-india-s-balancing-act
https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/india-is-a-crucial-partner-on-indo-pacific-pm-takaichi-committed-to-building-ties-japanese-spokesperson/article70197781.ece
by Editor BGF | Oct 26, 2025 | News, Shaping Futures
October 27, 2025
Quantum computing has rapidly moved from theory to the center of global power politics. In the past month, world leaders including U.S. President Donald Trump, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Japan’s incoming Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi have all highlighted quantum technology as a pillar of national strategy — marking a new phase in the global tech race.
According to The Week, governments and corporations are pouring resources into quantum breakthroughs that promise to revolutionize computing power, cryptography, and materials science. Google, IBM, and India’s Quantum Mission are among the front-runners advancing systems that could outperform classical supercomputers in solving complex real-world problems — from AI optimization to climate modeling and cybersecurity.
The U.S. is accelerating funding for quantum-secure infrastructure, aligning with President Trump’s “America’s Quantum Edge” initiative, while India is investing $6 billion in its National Quantum Mission, aiming to position itself as a global innovation hub by 2035.
The Boston Global Forum (BGF)–AI World Society (AIWS) Family recognizes this surge of quantum activity as a pivotal moment — one that requires ethical standards, responsible research governance, and cross-border collaboration to ensure quantum computing serves humanity rather than destabilizes it.
As BGF and AIWS advance their initiatives on AI-Government 24/7 and Digital Asset Standards, integrating quantum intelligence will be essential to achieving secure, transparent, and trustworthy global governance systems in the AI and quantum age.
https://www.theweek.in/news/sci-tech/2025/10/25/from-trump-to-modi-to-google-why-is-everyone-suddenly-getting-excited-about-quantum-computing.html
by Editor BGF | Oct 26, 2025 | News
October 26, 2025
In a pivotal moment for the Indo-Pacific region, U.S. President Donald Trump and Japan’s newly appointed Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi held their first official phone call on October 25, 2025. According to Japanese government sources, the conversation lasted approximately ten minutes and took place while Takaichi was in Kuala Lumpur for the ASEAN Secretariat summit and Trump was aboard Air Force One en route to the same event.TradingView+3Reuters+3The Japan Times+3
During the call, Prime Minister Takaichi declared that “strengthening the Japan-U.S. alliance is my administration’s top priority” and reaffirmed Japan’s role as an indispensable partner in the Indo-Pacific strategy.CNA+1 President Trump, in turn, congratulated Takaichi on her historic appointment as Japan’s first female prime minister and confirmed a shared commitment to “elevating the Alliance to new heights.”Reuters+1
Significance of the Call
- Alliance Continuity and Innovation: The quick alignment between the new Japanese leadership and the U.S. presidency signals continuity of the Japan–U.S. security partnership, but also introduces a renewing dynamic under Takaichi’s proactive and technology-focused agenda.
- Tech-Security Convergence: Takaichi’s administration has emphasized digital governance, AI coordination, and stronger defense cooperation. The call underscores how technological leadership and military strategy are becoming deeply intertwined in the bilateral agenda.
- Regional Impact: The timing — amid Japan’s changing security posture and rising Indo-Pacific tensions — sends a clear signal to regional actors that Tokyo and Washington plan to coordinate more closely. For allies like India and Australia, this renewal offers both opportunity and a recalibrated strategic weight.
- Alignment with BGF–AIWS Agenda: For the Boston Global Forum–AI World Society (BGF–AIWS) Family, the call embodies the intersection of ethical innovation, democratic alliance, and governance in the AI age — precisely the themes BGF promotes through initiatives such as “AIWS Government 24/7” and ethical digital assets.
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/japan-says-plans-tell-trump-will-build-up-military-rcna239068
by Editor BGF | Oct 26, 2025 | Global Alliance for Digital Governance
October 26, 2025
Japan’s newly appointed Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi made her diplomatic debut this week at the ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, marking her first major step onto the international stage since taking office earlier this month.
Her agenda underscores Japan’s renewed strategic drive: strengthening the Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) vision, deepening engagement with Southeast Asian partners, and preparing for an anticipated meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump later this month.
A Strategic Debut for Japan’s New Leader
At the ASEAN Summit, Prime Minister Takaichi outlined Japan’s priorities in maintaining regional stability, advancing digital cooperation, and promoting rule-based international order. Her debut highlighted Japan’s determination to take a leading role in navigating the geopolitical and technological challenges of the Indo-Pacific region.
Following the summit, Takaichi is expected to meet with President Trump — her first bilateral summit as Japan’s leader — to reaffirm the centrality of the U.S.–Japan alliance to global security and technological leadership. In their recent phone call, she told Trump that the alliance remains her government’s “top foreign-policy priority,” a sentiment Trump reciprocated, calling for “stronger coordination in peace, trade, and AI-driven innovation.”
Alliance, Innovation, and the AI Age
Takaichi’s leadership symbolizes a pivotal moment for Japan’s democracy: combining technological transformation, ethical governance, and strategic autonomy. Her rise also carries significance for the Boston Global Forum (BGF), which honored her in 2023 with the World Leader in AIWS Award for her commitment to building a human-centered, secure, and ethical digital society.
As Takaichi now turns her vision toward diplomacy, her ability to integrate AI governance and ethical technology into Japan’s foreign policy will define her international influence.
A Message of Continuity and Renewal
For Japan, this ASEAN appearance and forthcoming Washington meeting signal both continuity and renewal — continuity in the U.S.–Japan alliance, and renewal in the nation’s leadership in digital transformation and AI policy.
For the Boston Global Forum and AI World Society (AIWS) family, Takaichi’s debut offers hope that Japan will play a pioneering role in AIWS Government 24/7, ethical digital assets, and AI governance for peace and humanity — advancing a future where innovation and moral leadership walk hand in hand.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/25/japan/politics/takaichi-diplomatic-debut-asean-trump/
by Editor BGF | Oct 21, 2025 | News
October 21, 2025
Her Excellency Sanae Takaichi
Prime Minister of Japan
Tokyo, Japan
Your Excellency,
On behalf of the Boston Global Forum (BGF) and the AI World Society (AIWS), we extend our warmest congratulations to you on your historic appointment as the first female Prime Minister of Japan. Your leadership marks a defining milestone for Japan and for women leaders across the world — a symbol of vision, integrity, and strength in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.
In 2023, BGF had the honor of recognizing you with the World Leader in AIWS Award, in acknowledgment of your outstanding contributions to building a human-centered, secure, and ethical digital society. That recognition has become even more meaningful as you now lead Japan into a new era of innovation and global leadership.
We deeply appreciate your insightful and visionary statement — “AIWS Government 24/7: How AI Might Best Transform Governance” — delivered at the AI Action Summit in Paris, February 2025. Your words resonated profoundly with global leaders and thinkers, articulating the essential connection between AI, security, and human-centered governance. You captured a truth that guides all our efforts: digital transformation has meaning only when it safeguards humanity and strengthens trust.
Prime Minister, your vision aligns perfectly with the mission of the AI World Society, founded by the Boston Global Forum to shape an age in which technology and governance advance peace, ethics, and human dignity. Inspired by your leadership, we continue to advance the AIWS Government 24/7 Initiative, a practical model for continuous, transparent, and ethical governance powered by responsible AI.
The Boston Global Forum and AIWS stand ready to support and contribute to your leadership — particularly in realizing AIWS Government 24/7 and making Japan a pioneer nation in applying AI and advanced technologies to enhance governance, elevate quality of life, and strengthen Japan’s role as a model of excellence in the AI Age.
We look forward to continued collaboration with your government, guided by shared values of peace, security, and humanity.
Please accept our heartfelt congratulations once again, along with our deepest respect and admiration for your historic achievement. We wish you great success in leading Japan toward an era of enlightened, AI-powered progress.
With warm regards and highest respect,
Governor Michael S. Dukakis
Co-Founder and Chair
Boston Global Forum
Nguyen Anh Tuan
Co-Chair and Chief Executive Officer
Boston Global Forum
by Editor BGF | Oct 19, 2025 | News
October 17, 2025 — The Boston Global Forum (BGF) proudly announces that Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Founder of The Art of Living Foundation, has been selected as the recipient of the 2025 World Leader for Peace and Security Award.
This prestigious recognition honors Gurudev’s extraordinary lifelong contributions to fostering global peace, interfaith harmony, and human development through compassion, nonviolence, and spiritual wisdom. His leadership has touched millions of lives worldwide, inspiring people to cultivate inner peace as the foundation for collective harmony and sustainable development.
Since its establishment in 2015, the World Leader for Peace and Security Award has been presented to distinguished global leaders whose vision and actions have advanced international peace, democracy, and ethical governance. Past honorees include Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (Japan), Chancellor Angela Merkel (Germany), UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, President Sauli Niinistö (Finland), President Ursula von der Leyen (European Commission), President Emmanuel Macron (France), and Amma (Mata Amritanandamayi).
The 2025 Award Ceremony will take place at Harvard University’s Faculty Club on November 3, 2025, marking 10 years of the World Leader for Peace and Security Award (2015–2025). Distinguished leaders, policymakers, and thinkers will gather to honor Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and reflect on a decade of leadership advancing peace and human dignity.
In his message of acceptance, Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar said:
“In global discussions, peace and security are always mentioned in the same breath. Yet, very little attention is given to peace education. If we devote even a fraction of our focus to nurturing peace, it can pave the way for a violence-free and prosperous world.
We welcome this honor and commend the work of the Boston Global Forum in promoting peace and harmony.”
Governor Michael Dukakis, Co-Founder and Chair of the Boston Global Forum, said:
“Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar embodies the very essence of this award — a spiritual and moral leader who transforms compassion into tangible action. His work has built bridges of understanding across nations and cultures.”
Nguyen Anh Tuan, Co-Founder, Co-Chair, and CEO of BGF, added:
“In the AI Age, when technology increasingly shapes human destiny, Gurudev’s message of mindfulness, compassion, and responsibility provides the ethical foundation for peace in a digital world.”
The ceremony will also feature the launch of AIWS Esteemed Digital Assets, celebrating the 10-year legacy of World Leader for Peace and Security Award recipients and connecting their leadership principles to the emerging ethics of the AI Age.
Additionally, the event will include a special discussion on the newly published book,
“The AI World Society: A 30-Year U.S.–Vietnam Partnership from Nha Trang to Boston (1995–2025)”,
co-authored by Nguyen Anh Tuan and Harvard Professor Thomas Patterson, with a foreword by Governor Michael Dukakis, and published by Tri Thuc Publishing House (Vietnam).
This book marks the 30th anniversary of the normalization of U.S.–Vietnam relations, reflecting how two former adversaries have become strategic partners for peace, innovation, and shared progress in the AI era.
The November 3 event will be followed by the AIWS Digital Asset Standards Initiative (AIWS-DASI) conference at Harvard University’s Loeb House on November 4, 2025, focusing on defining ethical, high-quality, and human-centered standards for digital assets — advancing the Boston Global Forum’s mission to build a just, inclusive, and enlightened AI world.
Together, these gatherings highlight the enduring mission of the Boston Global Forum:
to unite moral leadership, technological innovation, and human values — building the AI World Society (AIWS) for peace, security, and shared prosperity.
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by Editor BGF | Oct 19, 2025 | World Leader for Peace and Security, News, World Leaders in AIWS Award Updates
A Boston Global Forum Initiative: Inspiring Wisdom, Culture, and Innovation for Humanity – Where Leadership Meets the Soul of Humanity.
World Leader Spirit is a signature global brand of the Boston Global Forum (BGF) and the AI World Society (AIWS), created to honor, connect, and amplify the enduring values embodied by recipients of the World Leader for Peace and Security Award and the World Leader in AIWS Award.
It serves as a living continuum of these honors — a gathering place where visionary leaders, innovators, scholars, and artists exchange ideas, share music and art, and collaborate to advance peace, democracy, ethics, and human dignity in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.
Through symposia, concerts, exhibitions, and dialogues, World Leader Spirit integrates culture, intellect, and innovation — expressing the soul of enlightened leadership. It transforms recognition into ongoing collaboration, where laureates and new generations together shape a more peaceful, ethical, and human-centered world.
World Leader Spirit events are held at the world’s most prestigious and noble venues — including top universities, historic libraries, sacred cathedrals, concert halls, and royal palaces — places that symbolize human wisdom, beauty, and the shared aspiration for enlightenment.
As both a movement and a series of distinguished gatherings, World Leader Spirit continues the legacy of great moral and intellectual leaders — from statespersons and thinkers to cultural icons — who embody compassion, courage, and creativity as guiding forces for the AI World Society.
by Editor BGF | Oct 19, 2025 | News
The situation in the Gaza Strip remains a profound test of global leadership, humanitarian values and the potential for ethical governance in the AI Age. As hostilities ease and diplomatic initiatives advance, the Boston Global Forum (BGF) offers this reflection: how can we transform cease-fire moments into durable peace built on human dignity, cooperation and innovation?
1. From Cease-fire to Peacebuilding
A brokered pause between Hamas and Israel has opened the door to reconciliation efforts. The Guardian+1 Yet serious obstacles remain: violations of the truce, stalled humanitarian flows, and deeper questions about governance, disarmament and reconstruction. Reuters+1
BGF emphasizes that true stability depends not just on stopping bombs — but on building institutions and systems that serve people, ensure trust and foster a resilient civil society.
2. Humanitarian Urgency and Ethical Responsibility
The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is acute. Delays in aid, damaged infrastructure and mass displacement present a moral imperative. The Washington Post+1 BGF asserts that the AI Age introduces new dimensions: the reconstruction must factor in digital inclusion, transparent technology use, and human-centred rebuilding. These are not add-ons—they are essential to sustainable peace.
3. Digital Tools & Peace Innovation
Emerging research shows that AI-supported dialogues can help bridge divides between Israeli and Palestinian peace-builders. arXiv BGF strongly supports the idea that peace architecture in Gaza could benefit from these tools: platforms for civic engagement, predictive modelling for conflict resolution and open governance frameworks. When anchored by ethical standards, digital innovation can transform from risk to resource.
4. Governance Architecture & Long-Term Vision
The proposed Gaza International Transitional Authority and the supporting International Stabilization Force highlight the readiness of the global community to consider new governance models. Wikipedia+1 For BGF, this is a moment to iterate new norms: transparent institutions, data-driven oversight, inclusive civic participation—all infused with the ethos of the AI World Society (AIWS): technology aligned with human dignity, not undermining it.
5. The Way Forward: Ethics, Innovation, Peace
Drawing on our core mission, BGF offers three guiding principles for Gaza’s journey ahead:
- Ethical Innovation: Technology deployment must be accountable, inclusive and focused on human well-being.
- Shared Value Creation: Reconstruction must serve people (not just assets), fostering education, community and long-term resilience.
- Global Cooperation, Local Ownership: International frameworks matter—but peace succeeds when local voices lead, tech tools support and ethical standards guide.
by Editor BGF | Oct 20, 2025 | News, Shaping Futures
In a breakthrough moment for science and society, the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics honors researchers who have brought quantum properties to a human scale — transforming what was once invisible and abstract into tangible technologies that can be held, manipulated, and applied in everyday life.
(Source: NobelPrize.org)
Their pioneering work — in making quantum phenomena directly observable and usable — marks a turning point in how humanity engages with the deepest layers of nature. It opens doors to quantum computing, ultra-secure communications, and next-generation materials, reshaping economies and ethical responsibilities alike.
Markets responded instantly: quantum technology stocks soared, signaling investor confidence in a new frontier of computation and intelligence.
(Source: The Chosun Ilbo)
At the Boston Global Forum (BGF) and within the AI World Society (AIWS) framework, this scientific milestone is more than a technological leap — it is a moral and civilizational challenge. As quantum technologies begin to merge with artificial intelligence, the world faces a new question: How can humanity ensure that quantum power amplifies ethics, not inequality?
AIWS calls for a Quantum Enlightenment — where knowledge and governance keep pace with discovery. Quantum advances, if guided by the values of transparency, empathy, and responsibility, can redefine trust, data security, and collaboration in the AI Age.
In this moment, we are reminded that the future is not only about what technology can do, but what humanity chooses to do with it.
