Secretariat Staff

　Masakuni Tanimoto is a Executive Director of World Federalist Movement of Japan as well as a Secretariat of Japanese Parliamentary Committee for the World federation. He has obtained a degree (Social Sciences) from National Institution for Academic Degrees after learning at multiple universities. Launching a business when he was a university student, he stays in the current post after serving as a president of a consolidated subsidiary of a major public relations agency and the like. Through his career building, he has been involved in enlightenment activities for disseminating UN philosophy, organization of meetings regarding UN reform and policy proposal to the Japanese government.

　Ms. Arbenita Sopaj was awarded a doctoral degree in 2023 by the Kobe University Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies (GSICS). In 2017, she received her master’s degree in European Studies at Jagiellonian University in Poland and her Master of Law at Kobe University. Currently, she is the Executive Assistant to the Kosovo Ambassador in Japan. In addition to the Global Peacebuilding Association of Japan (GPAJ), she also serves as the external relations liaison for the Kyoto Peacebuilding Center (KPC) and the Executive Director of the Academic Council for the United Nations System (ACUNS), Tokyo Office. She is a researcher at Waseda University and a research fellow at the Research Institute for Indo-Pacific Affairs (RIIPA).

　Born in 2002. After graduating from a boarding school in Switzerland, Mr. Ikegami entered International Christian University and majored in peace studies with a minor in philosophy of religion. His specialty is reconciliation studies. He was Chairman of the executive committee of the 3rd East Asia Reconciliation International Film Festival. Assistant to the Executive Director and Assistant Director of Administration in ACUNS Tokyo. He served as the leader of the Japanese delegation at the 11th Japan-China-Korea Youth Forum sponsored by the United Nations Associations of Japan, China, and the Republic of Korea. He is also a World Federation Youth Forum student representative.