We are pleased to share with you that The Hon Keizo Takemi will address theICAS Winter Symposium Libertas 2026 with a special emphasis on "Japan with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi: US National Security and World Affairs".
Keizo Takemi is senior fellow of Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE) and has been serving as chair of JCIE’s Executive Committee on Global Health and Human Security - public-private global health policy platform founded in 2007 - and chair of the Asian Population and Development Association (APDA). He served as Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in September 2023 - September 2024 and served five terms as a Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) member of the House of Councillors. Prof Takemi has been involved in various global initiatives including the UN Commission on Information and Accountability for Women’s and Children’s Health, the Global Health Workforce Alliance (GHWA), the WHO Expert Working Group on R&D Financing, and the international organizing committee of the Prince Mahidol Award Conference (PMAC). In 2016, Keizo was appointed to the UN High Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth, and in 2018, to the UHC Financing Advisory Committee for the G20 2019. He served as Senior Vice Minister for Health, Labour and Welfare, and State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, where Keizo led the initiative to establish the UN Trust Fund for Human Security. In recognition of his contributions to the field over the past decade, he was appointed WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) from 2019–2022, and was named to the advisory board of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in July 2025. From October 2025, Professor Takemi has also served as Visiting Professor at Nagasaki University, is the co-author of Global Action for Health System Strengthening: Policy Recommendations to the G8 (2009), and has written numerous articles in English.