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Meeting with Takeshi Akahori, Japan's G7 Sherpa
Japanese civil society members had a meeting with Takeshi Akahori, Deputy Director-General for Foreign Affairs (Economy), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who serves as Japan’s G7 Sherpa, and handed over the C7 Communiqué, which was prepared by global civil society organisations.
DATE&TIME: Wednesday, 28 May 2025
PLACE: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan
PARTICIPANTS:
-Jiro Adachi (Japan Center for a Sustainable Environment and Society)
-Masaki Inaba (AfricaJapan Forum)
-Yuta Takahashi (Katawara/Kakuwaka Hiroshima)
-Aoi Horiuchi (Japan NGO Centre for International Cooperation)
-Yuna Minami (Accept International)
-Hideki Wakabayashi (Japan NGO Centre for International Cooperation)
At the beginning of the session, Aoi Horiuchi gave an overview of the C7, reported on participation in this year’s C7 Summit and handed over the C7 Communiqué to the G7 Sherpa. Followed ing that, policy recommendations from each working group were delivered; Climate, Energy and Environment Working Group by Jiro Adachi, Economic Justice Working Group by Hideki Wakabayashi, Humanitarian Action and Peace Working Group by Yuta Takahashi and Yuna Minami, and Sustainable Development Working Group by Masaki Inaba. Takeshi Akahori gave some responses.
The meeting concluded with a request that Summit Watch Japan, a JANIC working group dedicated to influencing key global conferences such as G7/G20 and UN Summits, would be pleased to meet with the Sherpa when C20 policy recommendations are completed, as Summit Watch Japan is working with global civil society organisations towards the G20.
The C7 policy recommendations, the C7 debt policy document and the C7 conflict document can be downloaded below.
C7 Communique 2025
https://civil7.org/c7-2025-communique-global-justice-together-web.pdf
C7 Debt Policy Paper
https://pub-6aff04384c4245dbace9b1db0d5e61fb.r2.dev/c7-debtpolicypaper.pdf
C7 Conflict Policy Paper
https://pub-6aff04384c4245dbace9b1db0d5e61fb.r2.dev/policy-paper—adressing-the-root-causes-of-global-insecurity-through-empowering-youth-engaged-in-conflicts.pdf