Hiroshima Business Forum for Global Peace

The forum brings together concerned parties to share anew the importance of achieving global peace, a prerequisite for conducting business activities, through multifaceted discussions on ways to connect business and peace building. The forum is also designed to provide the business community with the opportunity to reconsider its role in attaining a nuclear-free peaceful world and explore ways to make concrete contributions to achieving this goal.

The conference was first launched in 2013 as the “World Business Conference for World Peace” and from 2020 up to now as “Hiroshima Business Forum for Global Peace.”

the Upcoming Forum

2025 Hiroshima Business Forum for Global Peace

The 2025 conference, which marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings and the end of the war, will be cohosted with the Nihon Keizai Shimbun and held in collaboration with the Financial Times (UK), aiming to further strengthen the efforts made to date and convey a powerful message.
​We will have a website available in early April with more information on the conference and how to participate.

◆Date:　May 29 (Thrsday)–May 31 (Saturday), 2025

◆Organizers:　Hiroshima Prefecture, Hiroshima Organization for Global Peace (HOPe), Nikkei Inc.

◆Venue:　Grand Prince Hotel Hiroshima (also available online)

◆Topic:

• The Executive Committee was formed for the first time with Mr. Takeshi Niinami, President of Keizai Doyukai (Japan Association of Corporate Executives), as Chairman. We invite globally influential experts and leaders to share their insights and pieces of advice on our planning as speakers at the forum.
• The Hiroshima Declaration will be issued during the forum to encourage multistakeholder groups, particularly from the business community, to take concrete actions.
• To expand the network, we plan to hold sessions in cooperation with McKinsey & Company, the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, a leading MBA school in the United States, and IMD, a leading business school in Switzerland.