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What is the Future Leaders’ Program for Global Peace?
As one of the initiatives in the Hiroshima for Global Peace Plan, this program enables high school students to take the first step toward building their future and empowers them to become individuals who will aspire for global peace and can operate on an international level, by teaching them English and basic international relations such as nuclear disarmament and conflict resolution.
Future Leaders’ Program for Global Peace, 2025 Fiscal Year (Vol. 9)
Dates and Venues
Training in Hiroshima (comprising seven sessions, 10:00—17:00, Hiroshima City)
Date:
2025: 7/27 (Sun), 8/10 (Sun), 9/15 (Mon), 10/26 (Sun),11/24 (Sun), and 12/14 (Sun)
2026: 1/18 (Sun)
Content:
【Learning Program about Global Peace】
This program aims to cultivate a deeper understanding of international topics through learning about present trends in nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation, the destruction of Hiroshima by the A-bomb and its reconstruction, and the political, economic, and societal frameworks to advance reconstructions and peacebuilding.
【English Practice】
This program will enhance the participants’ English skills through speech and discussion as well as vocabulary practice, with the themes of the UN Charter, historically significant speeches, and international issues related to peace (nuclear weapons, nonproliferation, etc.)
Special training (5 days, in Hiroshima City)
Date：Mid-August (5 days)
Content:
Participation in the Hiroshima Junior International Forum.
We will hold group discussions on international peace with high school students from overseas and send out messages toward achieving a world without nuclear weapons.
Overnight training outside the prefecture
【3-day training trip to Okinawa Prefecture】
We will visit Okinawa Prefecture and conduct peace education within the prefecture.
※Half of the 20 trainees will be dispatched to Nagasaki Prefecture, and the other half to Okinawa Prefecture.
Date:
October 11 (Sat) - 13 (Mon, Holiday), 2025
【3-day training trip to Nagasaki Prefecture】
We will visit Nagasaki Prefecture and conduct peace education within the prefecture.
※Half of the 20 trainees will be dispatched to Nagasaki Prefecture, and the other half to Okinawa Prefecture.
Date:
Novemver1(Sat) - 3(Mon, Holiday) ,2025
Overseas training
We wiill visit Manila, Philippines, and engage in English activities with local high school students as the culmination of English practice.
Date:
January 5 (Mon)–10 (Sat), 2026
Report on the results
Preparation and presentation of the training’s results in English
Presentation of certificates of completion
Date:
February 8, 2026 (Sun)
Performance Report Page for the 2025 Program is here.
Applications
Applications for this year are now closed. Those wishing to participate are encouraged to consider the 2026 academic year (10th cohort). Recruitment will begin around May 2026.
Eligible applicants are:
Individuals enrolled in a high school (including technical colleges) or the upper secondary course of a secondary school within Hiroshima Prefecture as of April 1, 2026, or those deemed equivalent, regardless of nationality.
