by Editor BGF | Jun 9, 2025 | News
Japan and the European Union are preparing to launch an “alliance” framework to beef up their companies’ competitiveness by promoting trade and economic security cooperation, diplomatic sources said Saturday, facing concerns over U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs and Chinese trade practices.
The creation of the “Japan-EU Competitiveness Alliance” is expected to be announced at a regular summit meeting being arranged for July, when Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is likely to host European Council President Antonio Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, they said.
The move will further align both sides’ efforts to uphold a rules-based economic order, building on cooperation through a free trade agreement that removes tariffs and other trade barriers between the two economies, which account for 20 percent of the world’s gross domestic product.
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https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/06/240fb2d0253a-japan-eu-eyes-launch-of-competitive-alliance-scheme-to-boost-trade.html?phrase=nissan&words=
by Editor BGF | Jun 9, 2025 | Global Alliance for Digital Governance
Date: June 9, 2025
Time: 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM (EST)
Format: Online (Google Meet)
Meeting Link: meet.google.com/cpj-ejxp-qdq
Hosted by: Boston Global Forum (BGF)
As the world rapidly enters the Age of Artificial Intelligence, it is essential to redesign financial and governance systems that can operate continuously, equitably, and ethically—ensuring both innovation and public trust. In this context, the Boston Global Forum proudly convenes The First Official Discussion of the Boston Plurality Summit, a landmark event to explore new frameworks for finance aligned with the Boston Finance Accord for 24/7 AI Governance.
The theme of this session is:
“Pioneering Bank and Finance Ecosystem Model for the Boston Finance Accord’s 24/7 AI Governance Vision.”
At the heart of the discussion is the proposal of the AIWS Bank and Finance Ecosystem Model—a groundbreaking institution and digital infrastructure designed to serve the unique needs of a world governed by AI and democratic values.
🌐 Vision and Structure of the AIWS Bank
The AIWS Bank will function not just as a financial institution, but as a pillar of digital democracy, built to uphold transparency, ethical AI integration, and inclusive economic development. Key features include:
- AI-Integrated Operations 24/7
Leveraging safe, explainable AI to provide real-time financial services, personalized governance support, and intelligent decision-making tools for governments, institutions, and individuals.
- Ethical Finance Infrastructure
All operations will comply with the Boston Finance Accord, embedding fairness, transparency, and human dignity into every transaction and investment.
- Citizen-Centric Financial Intelligence
Each citizen will have secure access to AI-driven financial assistants designed to enhance wellbeing, economic literacy, and resilience—particularly in emerging economies and vulnerable populations.
- Interoperable Digital Currency and Blockchain Services
The bank will support experimental digital currencies, blockchain-based records, and secure transaction environments compatible with both public and private sector initiatives.
- Sustainability and Purpose-Driven Investment
AIWS Bank will prioritize investments aligned with democratic development, climate responsibility, and inclusive innovation—serving as a trusted platform for mission-aligned capital.
- Global AI Finance Sandbox and Policy Testing Ground
The AIWS Bank will offer a secure environment for testing new financial models under democratic oversight, providing regulatory insight and public accountability for all AI-driven finance innovations.
We invite you to participate in shaping a transformative, human-centric financial future following this landmark event.
by Editor BGF | Jun 2, 2025 | News
The Boston Global Forum (BGF) and the AI World Society (AIWS) are proud to announce the launch of AIWS Music for Humanity, a pioneering global movement that seeks to harness the power of music to inspire compassion, peace, and ethical leadership in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.
Co-founded by Governor Michael Dukakis, Chairman of BGF, and Nguyen Anh Tuan, Co-Chair and CEO of BGF and Co-Founder of AIWS, the movement unites world-renowned musicians, composers, symphony orchestras, AI innovators, and policymakers to explore how music can guide society through one of the most transformative eras in human history.
🌍 A New Cultural Mission for the AI Age
AIWS Music for Humanity aims to elevate the role of music as a moral compass and cultural force to address the ethical challenges and emotional impacts of rapid technological change. The movement reflects the core values of AIWS: ethics, compassion, peace, dignity, and enlightenment.
“We believe music can speak where words fail,” said Governor Dukakis. “This movement brings heart and soul to global conversations about AI and our shared future.”
🎼 Key Components of the Movement
- AIWS Music for Humanity Forum – A prestigious annual gathering rotating among Boston, Paris, Tokyo, Lake Como, and Nha Trang, where music leaders and AI experts shape the movement’s direction.
- AIWS Music Ambassadors Program – Invites distinguished musicians to serve as cultural leaders of the initiative.
- Collaborations with World-Class Orchestras – Partnerships with the Vienna Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, and others to debut AIWS-themed works.
- Composer’s Circle and Youth Innovation Challenge – Empowering emerging artists and young minds to express AI ethics through music.
- Partnerships with leading institutions – Including New England Conservatory, Berklee College of Music, MIT Media Lab, and UNESCO.
- Integration with the AIWS Film Park and StudioVerse – Original compositions will support immersive film experiences that tell the story of human dignity and AI.
In a powerful addition, recipients of the World Leader for Peace and Security Award and World Leader in AIWS Award will contribute messages and reflections, providing moral guidance to the movement.
For more information or to join the movement, please visit www.bostonglobalforum.org or contact [email protected].
Boston Plurality Summit
Date: June 9, 2025
Time: 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM (EST)
Format: Online, Google Meet
Link: meet.google.com/cpj-ejxp-qdqHosted by: Boston Global Forum
Theme:
Pioneering Bank and Finance Ecosystem Model for the Boston Finance Accord’s 24/7 AI Governance Vision
Moderator
Elisabeth Moreno
Former Minister for Gender Equality, Diversity and Equal Opportunities of France;
Board Member, Boston Global Forum;
Chairwoman, Ring Capital
Speakers
- Nguyen Anh Tuan
Co-Chair and CEO, Boston Global Forum; Director, Michael Dukakis Institute
- Glen Weyl
Founder, Plurality Institute; One of the top ten most influential figures in blockchain
- Yasuhide Nakayama
Former State Minister of Foreign Affairs and Defense, Japan
- Audrey Tang
Minister of Digital Affairs, Taiwan
- Koji Fusa
CEO, GVE (Global Vision and Edge); Financial technology pioneer
by Editor BGF | Jun 2, 2025 | News
There is an “imminent” threat to Taiwan, America warns
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday delivered a dire warning to the Asia-Pacific region and the world: China’s designs on Taiwan pose a threat to global peace and stability that requires “our allies and partners do their part on defense.”
“There is no reason to sugarcoat it. The threat China poses is real. And it could be imminent,” Hegseth said in a speech to the Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia’s premier defense forum, in Singapore.
“Beijing is credibly preparing potentially to use military force to alter the balance of power in the Indo-Pacific,” with People’s Liberation Army (PLA) forces training daily to take military action against Taiwan, Hegseth said.
He noted that Chinese leader Xi Jinping has ordered his military to be prepared by 2027 to invade Taiwan, the democratic island of 23 million people that the Chinese Communist Party claims as its sovereign territory despite having never ruled it.
“The PLA is building the military needed to do it, training for it every day and rehearsing for the real deal,” Hegseth said, delivering some of his strongest comments against China since he took office in January.
https://www.economist.com/asia/2025/05/31/there-is-an-imminent-threat-to-taiwan-america-warns
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/30/asia/us-hegseth-defense-china-threat-shangri-la-intl-hnk
by Editor BGF | Jun 2, 2025 | News
The AIWS Music for Humanity Forum, announced on May 29, 2025, is a prestigious annual gathering that rotates among global cultural capitals—Boston, Paris, Tokyo, Lake Como, and Nha Trang. It brings together world-renowned musicians, composers, cultural leaders, and AI innovators to shape the artistic and ethical vision of the AIWS Music for Humanity movement.
This forum serves as a historic milestone in the evolution of music in the Age of Artificial Intelligence—celebrating human dignity, compassion, and cultural harmony through powerful performances, symposia, and premieres of new works that reflect the soul of our shared future.
🌟 AIWS Music for Humanity Forum 2026 will be held in Nha Trang in January 2026, in conjunction with the AIWS Film Park Event—uniting music, cinema, and AI in a bold cultural statement for peace, enlightenment, and humanity.
by Editor BGF | Jun 2, 2025 | Shinzo Abe Initiative for Peace and Security, News
Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes Akie Abe, wife of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Thursday, May 29, 2025.
Putin paid tribute to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, saying he knew the slain Japanese leader had dreamt of finally concluding a post-World War Two peace treaty.
No treaty was ever signed as the two countries could not resolve a dispute over the then-Soviet Union’s seizure at the end of the war of four islands in the Southern Kuril chain, known in Japan as the Northern Territories.
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https://www.reuters.com/world/russias-putin-praises-abe-says-late-japanese-pm-wanted-peace-treaty-2025-05-29/
The Abe Doctrine and Japan-Russia Relations
Shinzo Abe’s approach to Russia represented a convergence of personal mission and strategic thinking. His 27 meetings with Vladimir Putin during his tenure as Prime Minister were driven by dual motivations – to honour his father Shintaro Abe’s unfulfilled diplomatic legacy and to pursue a calculated strategy to weaken the Sino-Russian partnership, as Japan’s primary security concern in the region.
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https://www.newsx.com/editorial-opinion/the-abe-doctrine-and-japan-russia-relations/
by Editor BGF | Jun 2, 2025 | World Leader for Peace and Security, News, World Leaders in AIWS Award Updates
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, 2020 World Leader for Peace and Security Award recipient, received the International Charlemagne Prize, an annual award for contributions to European unity, on Thursday as the 27-nation bloc confronts Russia’s war against Ukraine and security issues across the continent.
The European Union’s most high-profile political figure, von der Leyen was called “the embodiment of the European spirit” by King Felipe VI of Spain during Thursday’s ceremony in Aachen, Germany.
Last year, European Parliament lawmakers reelected her to a second five-year term as president of the EU’s powerful executive arm.
The commission proposes legislation for the EU’s 27 member countries — and its 450 million people — and ensures that the rules governing the world’s biggest trading bloc are respected. It’s made up of a College of Commissioners with a range of portfolios similar to those of government ministers, including agriculture, economic, competition, security and migration policy.
https://apnews.com/article/von-der-leyen-international-charlemagne-prize-europe-94c0960aa89bb598464157789e1e7d43
by Editor BGF | Jun 2, 2025 | Global Alliance for Digital Governance
The AIWS Global Blockchain Network (AGBN) serves as the backbone of the AIWS Bank and Finance Ecosystem, transforming global finance with a decentralized, AI-optimized blockchain infrastructure. Launched on May 26, 2025, under the Boston Global Forum (BGF), AGBN aligns with the Boston Finance Accord’s 24/7 AI Governance Vision (April 22, 2025), delivering ethical, transparent, and continuous financial services. Its goal is to span 30 countries by 2028, processing $5 trillion annually by 2030, and providing blockchain-verified digital identities for 500 million unbanked users. Leveraging Hyperledger Fabric, Polkadot interoperability, and a Universal Transaction Layer (UTL), AGBN automates 100 million daily smart contract transactions and ensures carbon-neutral operations by 2027, setting a new benchmark for financial inclusion and efficiency. These innovations will be explored at the Boston Plurality Summit Online on June 9, 2025.
by Editor BGF | May 26, 2025 | News
May 27, 2025, 10:00 AM EDT, Boston, MA
Good morning, distinguished guests, colleagues, and friends from around the world,
It is with immense pride and optimism that I stand before you today, on behalf of the Michael Dukakis Institute, the Boston Global Forum, and AI World Society, to announce the launch of the AIWS Bank and Finance Ecosystem—a transformative initiative that marks a new era in global finance, rooted in ethical AI, blockchain innovation, and a deep commitment to humanity.
For decades, we at the Boston Global Forum have worked tirelessly to harness technology for the greater good. From the Social Contract for the AI Age to the AIWS Cinema Summit: Top 100, our mission has been to unite humanity through innovation that is compassionate, transparent, and equitable. Today, we take a monumental step forward with the AIWS Bank and Finance Ecosystem, a global standard financial ecosystem that surpasses existing models in digital and AI-driven finance.
This ecosystem is built on five pioneering components, enhanced by cutting-edge bank features:
- The AIWS AI-Finance Platform (AIFP), which uses quantum AI to ensure financial access for the underserved by 2029. Its blockchain platform meets the standards of top banks, and it introduces open banking APIs, allowing seamless integration with third-party fintechs for personalized financial products, alongside AI-driven virtual assistants for 24/7 customer support.
- The AIWS Global Blockchain Network (AGBN), a decentralized network spanning countries worldwide by 2028. The AGBN meets top blockchain standards and offers embedded finance solutions, integrating financial services into non-financial platforms like AIWS City, with real-time transaction monitoring via AI.
- The AIWS Ethical Finance Charter (AEFC), which ensures fairness in AI decisions and mandates carbon-neutral crypto operations by 2027, embodying our principles of transparency and equity, and now includes green banking initiatives with eco-friendly loans and biodiversity credits.
- The AIWS Digital Asset and Crypto Hub (ADACH), a marketplace for Bitcoin, CBDCs, and NFTs, enhanced by tokenized securities for social impact investments.
- The AIWS Investor and Innovation Network (AIIN), connecting global investors with projects, now featuring a platformization model where partners co-create financial and non-financial services, reducing development cycles significantly.
I am particularly proud to remind everyone of the Boston Finance Accord for AI Governance 24/7, a cornerstone of our work at BGF, which ensures that AI in finance operates with ethical oversight around the clock. The AIWS Bank fully integrates this accord, ensuring that every transaction, decision, and innovation aligns with our commitment to ethical governance, protecting users worldwide while fostering trust and inclusion.
Our leadership team, co-chaired by myself and Nguyen Anh Tuan, with many others, alongside our colleagues at BGF, AIWS, and the Boston Finance Accord for AI Governance 24/7. Together, we will steer this ecosystem to establish AIWS Bank as the foremost leader in digital and AI-driven finance.
We invite you to join us at the AIWS Cinema Summit: Top 100 on January 9, 2026, in Boston and Nha Trang, to witness our progress and explore partnership opportunities. This is not just a financial ecosystem—it is a movement to ensure that technology serves humanity with compassion, integrity, and innovation.
Thank you for joining us on this historic day. Together, let us build a future where finance unites us all.
