Chapter 1: Introduction: Japan and Global Health in the COVID-19 Pandemic -- Chapter 2: Japan and Gavi: Its Global Health Diplomacy for the COVAX Facility -- Chapter 3: Japan and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria -- Chapter 4: Japan and the GPEI: Toward a Polio-Free World -- Chapter 5: Japan’s TICAD Diplomacy for Global Health in Africa -- Chapter 6: Japan’s Changing ODA Diplomacy for Global Health -- Chapter 7: Japan and the Business Leaders’ Coalition for Global Health -- Chapter 8: Japan and the GFF: For Health and Nutrition of Mothers and Children -- Chapter 9: Japan, the GHIT Fund, and Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) -- Chapter 10: Japan’s Global Health Strategy and the 2023 G7 Hiroshima Summit -- Chapter 11: Japan and CEPI: In Preparation for the Next Pandemic -- Chapter 12: Chapter 11: Japan and CEPI: In Preparation for the Next Pandemic.

This book examines the development of Japan’s human security diplomacy for global health in the pre- and post-COVID-19 world. In the light of global health politics and human security studies, it attempts to clarify Japan’s financial and diplomatic contributions to the Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) Facility, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund), the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), official development assistance (ODA) related to global health, the Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT Fund) to combat neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) in preparation for future pandemics, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to enhance the global health system. Moreover, the role of the Japanese Business Leaders’ Coalition for Global Health in collaboration with the Bill & Melida Gates Foundation in the field of innovative technology, such as an application of artificial intelligence (AI) for global health will be scrutinized. In addition, this research investigates implications of Japan’s Global Health Strategy for Japan’s global health diplomacy at the event of the G7/G8 summits, especially the 2023 G7 Hiroshima Summit. Finally, this book identifies multiple global health actors that constitute the emerging and changing global health architecture in the post-COVID-19 world. Dr. Daisuke Akimoto is Associate Professor at Tokyo University of Information Sciences. As a former Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholar at the University of Sydney, former Assistant Professor at Soka University, and a former Official Secretary in the House of Representatives, he has authored several books, including Japanese Prime Ministers and Their Peace Philosophy (Palgrave 2022). .