Immediately after the Pacific War, Toyohiko Kagawa was appointed as an advisor to the first postwar cabinet by Prime Minister Higashikuni. Kagawa was expected to accomplish two missions: save the nation from the moral decadence caused by the defeat in the war and restore Japan's status in the international society so that Japan could contribute to world peace. In order to pursue the latter mission, he organized the International Peace Association in September, 1945 and published the monthly bulletin "Sekai Kokka" (World State). In "Sekai Kokka", he described the United Nations and UNESCO, the preliminary draft of a World Constitution issued by the University of Chicago, and the overseas movements for the World Federal Government. His efforts obviously helped to broaden the nation's view. He highly evaluated Article 9 of the new Japanese Constitution in his writing "Sekai Kokka", pointing out it was premised on the same basic philosophy as the movement for the World Federal Government. He advocated the defense of the Constitution against the movement for amendment to the Constitution in the 1950s and addressed the problem of nuclear weapons, being concerned about the distorted facts of the power of nuclear weapons and their damage, which was effectively controlled by the Press Code. We can see his great foresight through his activities. Affected by H.G. Wells, he developed the framework of the World Federation Government. The elements of the framework can be found in his assertion regarding taking measures to consolidate world peace by means of economic policy, which was based on the policy reform of the League of Nations in 1930s. The movement for the World Federal Government was not only to create world peace, but also to adopt guiding principles which include respecting individuals, limiting national sovereignty and controlling financial capital. These seem to be valid strategies for dealing with the current problems caused by globalization.
