State Minister of Justice KOMURA Masahiro attended the IPPF Colloquium and delivered the opening remarks.
On 7 October, 2025, State Minister of Justice KOMURA Masahiro attended the International Penal and Penitentiary Foundation (IPPF) Colloquium held at the International Justice Center in Akishima, Tokyo, where he delivered the opening remarks.
The International Penal and Penitentiary Foundation (IPPF) traces its origins to the International Prison Congress, succeeded by the United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (the “Crime Congress”). Since taking its current organization from in 1951, the IPPF has conducted research and publications on crime prevention and criminal justice, and has convened expert meetings, known as the “Colloquium”, approximately every two years in different countries.
This year’s Colloquium is organized in partnership with the United Nations Asia Far East Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders (UNAFEI) operated by the Ministry of Justice, bringing together experts in crime prevention and offender treatment from approximately 20 countries. The Colloquium will take place from 7 to 10 October, under the theme “Reducing Reoffending, in particular by promoting United Nations Model Strategies on Reducing Reoffending”
At the opening ceremony on 7 October, State Minister of Justice KOMURA Masahiro, speaking on behalf of the Ministry of Justice of Japan, emphasized that preventing recidivism is one of the main challenges in criminal justice and a matter of growing international interest. He also highlighted that Japan took the lead in formulating the United Nations Model Strategies on Reducing Reoffending (the Kyoto Model Strategies) as a key outcome of the Kyoto Congress hosted by Japan in 2021, and that the Kyoto Model Strategies was adopted at the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) in May this year.
He expressed Japan’s intention to work closely with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and through the activities of UNAFEI to promote the Kyoto Model Strategies once they are adopted by the UN General Assembly.
This year’s Colloquium is organized in partnership with the United Nations Asia Far East Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders (UNAFEI) operated by the Ministry of Justice, bringing together experts in crime prevention and offender treatment from approximately 20 countries. The Colloquium will take place from 7 to 10 October, under the theme “Reducing Reoffending, in particular by promoting United Nations Model Strategies on Reducing Reoffending”
At the opening ceremony on 7 October, State Minister of Justice KOMURA Masahiro, speaking on behalf of the Ministry of Justice of Japan, emphasized that preventing recidivism is one of the main challenges in criminal justice and a matter of growing international interest. He also highlighted that Japan took the lead in formulating the United Nations Model Strategies on Reducing Reoffending (the Kyoto Model Strategies) as a key outcome of the Kyoto Congress hosted by Japan in 2021, and that the Kyoto Model Strategies was adopted at the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) in May this year.
He expressed Japan’s intention to work closely with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and through the activities of UNAFEI to promote the Kyoto Model Strategies once they are adopted by the UN General Assembly.