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2025 August Hosted an official side event at the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) on Youth Associated with Non-State Armed Groups (YANSAG): “Addressing Overlooked Challenges to Peace: Unique Potential of Former Combatants to Become Agents of Peace.”

Adopted the Tokyo Declaration and Action Plan for Peace in Palestine.
July Launched a project commissioned by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office of the UK government to conduct needs assessments and provide rehabilitation support for violent extremist prisoners in Kenya.
June Developed a new empowerment program for Youth Associated with Non-State Armed Groups (YANSAG).
2024 October Launched emergency humanitarian assistance to Gaza in Palestine and establishing dialogue spaces for a new process to peace and justice involving youth and conflict parties.
September Creation of the Global Taskforce for Youth Combatants (GTY) to foster awareness and facilitate dialogue on the rights and empowerment of young people affected by terrorism and armed conflict.
June Launched a rehabilitation and social reintegration project for former combatants of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in Caquetá, Colombia.
April Presented at the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum 2024 held in New York, USA, and hosted an official side event.
2023 November Initiated a project to prevent radicalization among vulnerable youth in frontline areas of Lower Shabelle, Somalia.
October Held the 1st International Symposium on Youth Associated with Non-State Armed Groups in New York, USA.
September Started a deradicalization and social reintegration project for terrorist inmates at the maximum-security prison on Nusakambangan Island, Indonesia.
June Launched a resilience enhancement project in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to address climate change and conflict in Turkana and Garissa, northwest and northeast Kenya, respectively.

Began deradicalization and social reintegration projects for Houthi armed group members, defectors, and war prisoners, as well as participation in prisoners of war exchange negotiations, in special detention facilities in Marib Governorate, Yemen.
March Commenced a deradicalization and social reintegration project for terrorism-related inmates at maximum-security prisons in Nairobi and Mombasa, Kenya.
2022 October In response to the worsening drought in Somalia, emergency relief operations were launched in the Galmudug region.

Launched a project to support the deradicalization and reintegration of detainees and inmates associated with the Houthi armed group at the Central Prison in Taiz Governorate, Yemen.
September Commissioned by the U.S. Department of State, a counter-narrative project was initiated in Somalia using radio broadcasts to address violent extremism.
2021 December Began managing the first rehabilitation facility for defectors of Al-Shabaab in central Galmudug State, Somalia.
October Obtained Special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
September Released a "Declaration of Rights for Youth Involved in Terrorism and Armed Conflict" to mark the 10th anniversary of Accept International.
April Launched a deradicalization and social reintegration project towards defectors of armed groups in Taiz, Yemen.
2020 December Received the Peace Award at the "King Hamad Youth Empowerment Award to Achieve the SDGs" ceremony, hosted by the King of Bahrain and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
November Launched support programs for Muslim residents and rehabilitation for juvenile delinquents in Japan.

Received the 55th Social Contribution Award (Nippon Foundation Prize) from the Social Contribution Support Foundation.

Accept International initiative was recognized as a "solution to global challenges" at the 3rd Paris Peace Forum, marking the first time such a selection has been made from Japan.

With funding from the Toyota Foundation, launched a project to prevent online radicalization in Indonesia and Japan.
August Initiated a project in collaboration with the Somali government to encourage defections from Al-Shabaab.
April Implemented emergency responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in Somalia and Kenya, in partnership with UN-HABITAT.
2019 April Initiated a deradicalization and social reintegration program for arrested members and convicts of Al-Shabaab at the central prison in Mogadishu, Somalia.
2018 September Launched an income-generation initiative in Nairobi’s peri-slum areas, supporting vulnerable unemployed youth, including gang members, through entrepreneurship.
August Began disengagement and reintegration support for former members of so-called extremist organizations in Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia.
April Initiated the acceptance and rehabilitation of individuals disengaging from the Somali gang group “Super Power.”
2017 September Completed the full acceptance programme for all members of “Calif Massive,” a Somali gang organization, as well as its subsequent disbandment.
July Commenced partner operations with UN-Habitat in Mandera, Kenya.
April Incorporated the “Japan Somalia Youth Organization” to “NGO Accept International.”
March The number of the deradicalization and reintegration project participants exceeded 70 people.
2016 Feburary Launched collaboration with the Somali government on rehabilitation and reintegration programs for former Al-Shabaab members.
2015 March Yosuke Nagai (Executive Director) is awarded the Special Prize as part of the "Waseda University Ono Azusa Memorial Prize" as well as the “Waseda University Alumni Association Prize.”
2014 July Honored with the Humanity Prize and the Minister of Foreign Affairs’ Incentive Award at the 28th Annual Ten Outstanding Young Persons Awards, and received the Grand Prize at University Student of the Year 2014.
2013 September Launched the “Movement with Gangsters” program, providing disengagement and reintegration support for Somali gang members.
February Achieved first place with 956 votes in the “Student Challenge for Change: a Project for Good by Students” hosted by American Express Japan.
2012 October Launched the “Cheer Up Somali Sports Project,” a peacebuilding initiative providing donated sports equipment to a Somali refugee camp district in Kenya.
2011 December Officially began activities with Somali members, following a merger with local student groups in Kenya.
Nobember Launched the “Long-term Study Abroad Project” in Japan for Somali students.
Semtember Established the Japan Somalia Youth Organization, a student-led NGO based at Waseda University, co-founded by Yosuke Nagai and two Somali students. The organization was founded with the mission of contributing to conflict resolution in Somalia.

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