ICU Rotary Peace Center

08/01/2026

Event report is updated: https://rotaryicu.wordpress.com/2026/01/06/peace-seminar-jicas-development-cooperation-and-peace-the-pacific-region/

We welcomed Ms. Mako Hayashi, a JICA officer (Southeast Asia and Pacific Department)/ICU graduate school alumni, as a peace seminar guest lecturer. For more information, please refer to the article.

Ms. Mako Hayashi, a JICA officer (Southeast Asia and Pacific Department), ICU graduate school alumni Date & Venue: ICU campus, on December 12, 2025 MC: Ilan Bass from Class 24 Ms. Hayashi from …

17/12/2025

We very much appreciate your visit to the ICU campus. The ICU Rotary Peace Fellows enjoyed the conversations with the President and the board members. We are truly honored to welcome the Rotary International President for two consecutive years. Thank you very much!!

16/12/2025

[Fellow Blog Update]
HOPE80 in Japan: Confronting the Past, Carrying the Torch – Ilan D. Bass Class XXIV

In September, I was honoured to participate in the HOPE80 tour of Japan, a two-week peace pilgrimage marking eighty years since the end of World War II that carried the Flame of Hope and united the descendants of former enemies to walk side by side in peace...

For more on Ilan's article, go to

In September, I was honoured to participate in the HOPE80 tour of Japan, a two-week peace pilgrimage marking eighty years since the end of World War II that carried the Flame of Hope and united the…

03/12/2025

Thank you very much for posting the article regarding the RI presidential visit to ICU!!

27/11/2025

27/11/2025

We welcomed the Rotary International President, Francesco Arezzo, the Trustee Chair, Holger Knaack, the Director, Isao "Mick" Mizuno, and the Rotary members on November 21, 2025.

We had a greeting and brief conversation with the ICU President, the Vice President, and the Dean of Graduate School, introducing the features of our university to the guests in the memorial building named "The Kiyoshi Togasaki Memorial Dialogue House." Kiyoshi Togasaki was the first Japanese RI President and also the first Chairman of the Board of the ICU.

After enjoying the beautifully colored leaves on campus, the party had a conversation with the ICU Rotary Peace Fellows. Our fellow alumna, Rona, delivered a presentation reflecting on her life as a Peace Fellow. And we had a free discussion session among the Rotary members and the ICU fellows. Fellows expressed their gratitude for the Rotary's generous support and shared their ideas on potential future cooperation with the Rotary through this fellowship program. We spent a precious and fruitful time with the Rotary members.

We appreciate their visit to the ICU. Thank you very much!!

27/10/2025

Thank you for sharing the story of the ICU Class 24 Rotary Peace Fellows!! Also thank you very much for a lot of the congratulatory messages for them!!

02/10/2025

Please check out Class 23 ICU Rotary Peace Fellow, Jamieson's Applied Field Experience story! We have never expected that this wonderful and rare collaboration happened in the AFE site!

The Rotary Peace Fellows conduct field research apart from campus in their second year based on their research interest (most of the case, they go abroad to pursue the AFE). Other cohort fellows conducted/continue their AFE, too.

11/09/2025

The ICU Rotary Peace Center welcomed 10 Class 24 Fellows. They completed the 3-week Japanese Language Training program in August and started their master's courses in Peace Studies from September.
For details of their bios, check out the updated "Current Fellows" page:

Rotary Peace Fellows from the Class XXIII and XXIV cohorts are currently pursuing their MA degrees in Peace Studies or other related areas at ICU. Their bios below provide a small taste of their d…

15/07/2025

[Commencement July 2025]
We had a commencement at the ICU chapel today!! Nine Class 22 Fellows successfully graduated from the ICU graduate school today. They will embark on another journey to pursue peace-building on their own. Even if they face any challenges in their future career, we want them to reflect on what they thought/learned through the Peace Fellowship at ICU. We hope this experience becomes a lifelong asset for them.

03/07/2025

We successfully closed the 23rd Annual Seminar on June 14th at ICU. Nine Class 22 Fellows delivered insightful presentations on their master's thesis research. Class 23 Fellows also introduced themselves towards the Rotarians and one fellow reported the experience of the Tohoku Field Trip held in March 2025. Please check some photos taken at the seminar!!

21/05/2025

🌸Blog Updated🌸
You can enjoy the four seasons in Japan from our fellow's post:

If you are a nature lover, Tokyo is surprisingly amazing. As the feelings of being a newcomer to Japan began to fade, there was a new freshness in the air. Spring and the happiness of blossoming fl…