INSTITUTIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

Interview with Kenichi Suzuki, Mayor of Ise City

Exclusive interview with Kenichi Suzuki, Mayor of Ise City.

Photo in front of late Ozaki's statue: (left to right) Takako Doi; Mayor Kenichi Suzuki; Ramesh Jaura; Katsuhiro Asagiri. Credit: K Asagiri | INPS Japan

Read in English: A Young Mayor Upholds the Legacy of Japan's 'Holy City'

Read in Japanese:｜日本｜「神都」の伝統を守る若き市長

On this occasion, IDN-INPS also spoke with NPO Gakudo Kofu President Takako Doi about her activities.

Read the news feature in English: A Japanese NGO Keeps Yuki Ozaki's Spirit Alive

Read the news feature in Japanese: 尾崎咢堂の精神を今日に伝える日本のNGO

Photo (left) Katsuhiro Asagiri (right) Ramesh Jaura. Credit: INPS-IDN

G7 Ise-Shima Summit

INPS-IDN report on G7 Ise-Shima Summit May 26-27, 2016.

Obama’s Hiroshima Debut Does Not Prohibit Nuclear Weapons

hoto (left to right): Katsuhiro Asagiri, Keiji Endo, Ramesh Jaura, Masaaki Watahiki and Nobumasa Maekawa

Meeting Keiji Endo, father of the Green Eco Project

INPS-IDN visit the Tokyo Trucking Association to meet Keiji Endo, father of the Green Eco Project.

ENVIRONMENT: Eco-Drive A Sustainable Solution At The Heart of UN Agenda

Calling on Japanese Parliamentarian Kiyohiko Toyama

INPS-IDN visit Kiyohiko Toyama, Member of the House of Representatives, Japan, on May 22, 2016.

Off to the UN in New York

In April 2016 INPS-IDN Director-General travelled to New York to make arrangements for an office close to the UN Headquarters, met several UN officials and correspondents.

In March 2016 INPS-IDN reported the lawsuit proceedings the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) had filed with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague to hold the nine nuclear weapons states – U.S., Russia, UK, France, China, Israel, India, Pakistan and North Korea – accountable to their disarmament commitments. ICJ is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations,

World’s Highest Court Addresses Nuclear Disarmament

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Brief Bio of Ramesh Jaura

Ramesh Jaura, a German national, is the recipient of the ‘Federal Cross on Ribbon’, awarded by the Federal President of Germany in June 1996, for promoting international understanding.

He is co-founder, Director-General and Editor-in-Chief of the International Press Syndicate (INPS) Group, with IDN-InDepthNews as its flagship agency. INPS headquarters are in Canada and Germany and associate headquarters in Japan and Singapore.

The International Press Syndicate's IDN-InDepthNews, online since 2009, and its other issue- focused websites – SDGs for All and Toward a Nuclear Free World offer news and analysis that go beyond breaking the news.

Ramesh Jaura has been a professional journalist for nearly 55 years. He started his career as a journalist in India at the age of 22 – after obtaining a Master of Arts degree from the University of Delhi.

In 1968 he travelled to Europe and reported for over nine months from Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, the Soviet Union, Austria, Germany and France.

In 1970, he returned to Europe to report from West Berlin, Bonn, Budapest, Prague and Warsaw for several Indian and UAE weekly newspapers. Since then, he has been in Germany.

He has been a frequent participant in TV talk shows in Germany on international relations.

Ramesh Jaura has visited Kazakhstan five times – and initiated IDN journalistic coverage of the country, writing about cultural, social, economic and political issues.

18 October 2019