Korea & Japan Youth Exchange Program

From 18 to 19 of December 2025, the 15th Korea and Japan Youth Exchange Program has held at the Kinpusenji Temple (World Heritage) in Nara Prefecture in Japan. Co-hosted by Korean Conference of Religions for Peace (KCRP) and WCRP/RfP Japan Youth Committee.Beginning in 1990, this event promotes dialogue and fosters friendship among young religious people from Korea and Japan. It has been held for over 35 years.Day1Rev. Yoshiharu Tomatsu, Chair of WCRP/RfP Japan, delivered the welcome speech in the opening session.The first day began with participants getting to know each other. After learning about the venue, Kinpusen-ji Temple, they were given the opportunity to experience Shugendo practices.Though the climb was Read more about Korea & Japan Youth Exchange Program[…]

Announcement: ACRP New Leadership

The ACRP Tokyo Assembly was held online from October 17 to 22, 2021. About 500 people from all over the world participated.During the assembly, the Governance Assembly approved the new leadership of ACRP!Please refer to each page for details.ACRPAsia & the Pacific Interfaith Youth NetworkAsia-Pacific Women of Faith Network

The Landing Page of the ACRP General Assembly

Asian Conference of Religions for Peace9th General Assembly will be held soon!~The landing page of the Assembly website is now available!~ https://system.expoline.jp/acrp/(The program schedule is on the Assembly Website)Registration for the Assembly will open on the website on September 2, 2021.Youth Pre-Assembly: October 17, 2021Women’s Pre-Assembly: October 18, 2021General Assembly: October 19-22, 2021

Speech by Ven. Sungjin, Executive Director of Paramita Youth Association of Kore, at the Webinar Hosted by CCRP in October 2020

Ven.SungjinMember of KCRPExecutive Director of Paramita Youth Association of Korea The ways of wisdom in the COVID-19 pandemic According to The World Health Organization (WHO), more than 28.2 million people have been infected with COVID-19 in more than 188 countries and more than 911.000 human beings were dead as of 11 September 2020.The pandemic of COVID-19 has threatened to derail coexistence with other humans, societies, and nations. Many borders have been closed and most of the international flights have been grounded yet. Almost all global conferences were delayed or canceled. In addition, the global competition of buying medical equipment, masks, and a vaccine against COVID-19 is getting hotter day by day.The whole Read more about Speech by Ven. Sungjin, Executive Director of Paramita Youth Association of Kore, at the Webinar Hosted by CCRP in October 2020[…]