About the Asia Peace Conference

The Asia Peace Conference is a track II multilateral forum for dialogue launched by The Genron NPO in 2020 with the cooperation of organizations in China, Korea, and the USA. One of the aims of the Conference is to bring together experts from Japan, the US, China, and South Korea to analyze regional security risks, to build crisis management mechanisms, and to formulate accident-prevention rules that will prevent conflict and build a sustainable peace in Northeast Asia. In addition, the Conference also aims to forge a common understanding between the four countries by serving as a forum for regional trust-building. Each year, experts, diplomats, policy makers, and others from the four countries involved in the fields of diplomacy and security gather in Tokyo to engage in dialogue.

The theme of the 2024 Asia Peace Conference is, "The US Presidential Election and Realizing Peace in Northeast Asia." The discussions will delve into the potential impact of the upcoming US presidential election and the de facto military alliance between North Korea and Russia, with a focus on the security environment of Northeast Asia, where concerns about a New Cold War are growing, and on the denuclearization of North Korea, on conflict avoidance in the Taiwan Strait, and other related issues. There have been discussions within the countries of Northeast Asia about increased military deterrence, but without sufficient intergovernmental dialogue, such efforts will fail to achieve anything but increased regional tension.

The 2024 Asia Peace Conference is one of the few Track II forums working to build trust through regular dialogue in the midst of these Northeast Asian security concerns. It will welcome roughly 20 diplomacy and security experts and officials from Japan, the US, China, and South Korea, with dialogues being held between all four nations, between Japan and the US, and between Japan, the US, and South Korea, all of which will deepen the discussion into the common issues these countries are facing.