Mr. Akira Kawasaki is a member of the International Steering Group of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). He is also an Executive Committee member of Peace Boat, a Tokyo-based international NGO in Special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council, working for peace, sustainable development, and human rights. Currently at Peace Boat since 2003, Kawasaki practices peace education with the Peace Boat Global University program and is developing curriculums on peace, disarmament, and other global issues such as sustainable development. Peace Boat is serving as the Northeast Asia Regional Secretariat of the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC), and Kawasaki takes part in the coordination of the GPPAC Northeast Asian regional process in partnership with a wide range of civil society organizations from Japan, China, Korea, Mongolia, and Russia. Since 2008, Kawasaki also coordinated “Global Voyage for a Nuclear-Free World: Peace Boat Hibakusha Project” where the atomic bomb survivors travel around the world to raise public awareness of nuclear danger. Kawasaki joined the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), a recipient of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize, as a Vice Chair in 2010 and continues to serve as an International Steering Group (ISG) member of the ICAN for Peace Boat to date.