Shinzo Abe Initiative for Peace and SecurityINTRODUCTIONPrime Minister Shinzo Abe, the first leader who received the World Leaders Award for Peace and Security honored by the Boston Global Forum (BGF) on 12/12/2015, has dedicated to Japan and to world’s peace and...
On July 30, the Center for Strategic and International Studies convened a discussion on the next steps for the United States–Japan alliance, focused on deterrence, cybersecurity, and Indo-Pacific partnerships. The strategic environment it described can no longer be...
Japan, Boston, and the Alliance of Trust Building Trust for Humanity in the Age of AI July 2026 Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming the defining force of the twenty-first century. Yet the greatest challenge before humanity is no longer how intelligent AI will...
The Boston Global Forum (BGF) is pleased to announce the appointment of Hon. Mio Sugita as National Coordinator of AIWS Lumina Japan and Member of the Steering Committee of the Shinzo Abe Initiative for Peace and Security. Ms. Sugita brings more than three decades of...
Boston, July 8, 2026 — On the fourth anniversary of the passing of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the Boston Global Forum and AIWS Film Park, under the Shinzo Abe Initiative, today released the memorial trailer of “Shinzo Abe — Peace Through Strength,” a 20-minute...
Boston, July 8, 2026 — On the fourth anniversary of the passing of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Nguyen Anh Tuan, Co-Founder, Co-Chair, and CEO of the Boston Global Forum, sent a letter to Her Excellency Takaichi Sanae, Prime Minister of Japan, sharing the memorial...
Boston, July 6, 2026 — On July 8, 2026 — four years to the day since the world lost Prime Minister Shinzo Abe — the Boston Global Forum and AIWS will premiere the official trailer of The Shinzo Abe Film, a major cinematic work of the Shinzo Abe Initiative for Peace...
"There Is No Opportunity Without Threat": Guiding AI with the Discipline of Security From the address of Yossi Katribas - Former Senior Deputy Director General of the Israeli Prime Minister's Office; Representative of the Boston Global Forum in Israel and India at the...