SGI Co-Organizes Event on Role of Youth in Supporting Global Hibakusha

Global 2025

A panel of three speakers on stage and one on screen engaged in discussion before a small audience.

The panel discussion with Medet Suleimen (on the screen) of FES Kazakhstan, Yuki Nihei (right) of SGI youth and Keita Takagaki (second right) of the Youth Community for Global Hibakusha [© Seikyo Shimbun]

On August 29, the SGI (Soka Gakkai International) together with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) Kazakhstan, the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), the Marshallese Educational Initiative (MEI) and the Qazaq Nuclear Frontline Coalition (QNFC) co-organized an event titled “The Role of Youth in Supporting Global Hibakusha.” Held at the United Nations University (UNU) in Tokyo, Japan, the event marked the International Day against Nuclear Tests.

Representatives of SGI youth presented the results of the Youth Peace Awareness Survey on nuclear abolition that was administered in Australia, Japan, Kazakhstan, the Marshall Islands and the United States by the five organizations between January 6 and August 9. The results showed that respondents who had heard testimonies of those affected by the use, production or testing of nuclear weapons were more likely to take action toward nuclear abolition than those who had not.

Anvar Milzatillayev, counselor of the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Tokyo, and Professor Tshilidzi Marwala, UNU rector and under-secretary-general of the United Nations, both spoke at the event, which also included a panel discussion.

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